ROCS Ma Kong (DDG-1805)

ROCS Ma Kong (馬公, DDG-1805) is a Kee Lung-class guided-missile destroyer currently in active service of Republic of China Navy. It is named after Ma Kong City, Penghu Island, a port city and the location of an important ROCN base.

ROCS Ma Kong (DDG-1805), then USS Chandler (DDG-996)
History
Taiwan
Builder:
Laid down: 26 June 1978
Launched: 24 May 1980 as USS Chandler (DDG-996)
Acquired: 30 May 2003
Name: ROCS Ma Kong (DDG-1805)
Commissioned: 3 November 2006
Status: Ship in active service
General characteristics
Class and 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:
Armament:
Aircraft carried:
  • One SH-3 Sea King or
  • Two SH-2 Seasprite helicopters

She was formerly the American Kidd-class destroyer USS Chandler (DDG-996) which was decommissioned from the United States Navy in September 1999 and sold to the Republic of China Navy on 30 May 2003.

ROCS Ma Kung (DDG-1805), formerly USS Chandler (DDG-996), in Kaohsiung Harbor, July 2017.



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