ROCS Kee Lung (DDG-1801)
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| Career (Republic of China) |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Litton Ingalls, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| Laid down: | 12 February 1979 |
| Launched: | 1 March 1980 as USS Scott (DDG-995) |
| Acquired: | 30 May 2003 |
| Name: | ROCS Kee Lung (DDG-1801) |
| Namesake: | Keelung |
| Commissioned: | 17 December 2005 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2013[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Kee Lung-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 7,289 tons standard |
| Length: | 171.6 m (563 ft) |
| Beam: | 16.8 m (55 ft) |
| Draft: | 9.6 m (31.5 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 80,000 shp total (60 MW) |
| Speed: | 33 knots (61 km/h) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
SPS-48E air search radar SPG-60 gun fire control radar SPS-55 surface search radar SPQ-9A gun fire control radar SQS-53 sonar SLQ-32(V)3 Outboard II |
| Armament: |
2 × Mark 26 launchers
2 × Mark 141 quad launcher
2 × Mark 45 5 in (127 mm) gun 2 × Mark 32 triple tube mounts with 6 × Mark 46 torpedoes |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 × Sikorsky S-70C(M)1/2 Seahawk |
ROCS Kee Lung (基隆, DDG-1801) is the lead ship of her class of guided-missile destroyers currently in active service of Republic of China Navy.
History
Kee Lung was formerly the American Kidd-class destroyer USS Scott (DDG-995), which was decommissioned by the United States Navy in 1998. For a period of time Kee Lung was tentatively named Chi Teh (紀德), a transliteration of Kidd into Chinese. But it was later decided to name her after the port of Keelung, a major naval port in northern Taiwan.
Kee Lung, along with her three sister ships, is the largest destroyer and second largest ship in displacement ever in Republic of China Navy service, only smaller than ROCS Hsu Hai (LSD-193), a dock landing ship. Kee Lung was re-fitted for service in the ROCN at Denton's Shipyard in North Charleston, South Carolina. She was formally commissioned on 17 December 2005 along with sister ship ROCS Su Ao (DDG-1802).
Specifications
Kee Lung is the only one of her sister ships to be equipped with LAMPS III system and flight deck strengthened. This enables Kee Lung to carry up to two the more capable Sikorsky S-70(M)-1/2 Seahawk helicopters for anti-submarine warfare, compare to her sister ships.
