ROCS Tso Ying (DDG-1803)

ROCS Tso Ying (DDG-1803) (左營) is a Kee Lung-class guided-missile destroyer currently in active service of Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy. It was formally commissioned at Suao Naval Base in northeastern Taiwan on 3 November 2006 along with sister ship ROCS Ma Kong (DDG-1805). Tso Ying is named after the largest naval base in Taiwan, the Tso Ying Naval Base in Tsoying District, Kaohsiung City at southern Taiwan. The Tso Ying Naval Base is also the location of the Republic of China's naval academy and fleet headquarters.

ROCS Tso Ying
History
Taiwan
Builder
Laid down26 June 1978
Launched11 August 1979 as USS Kidd (DDG-993)
Acquired30 May 2003
NameROCS Tso Ying (DDG-1803)
NamesakeTso Ying Naval Base, Tsoying, Kaohsiung City
Commissioned3 November 2006
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and typeKee Lung-class destroyer
Displacement
  • Light: 6,950 t (6,840 long tons; 7,660 short tons)
  • Full: 9,574 t (9,423 long tons; 10,554 short tons)
  • Dead Weight: 2,624 t (2,583 long tons; 2,892 short tons)
Length171.6 m (563 ft)
Beam16.8 m (55 ft)
Draft10.1 m (33.1 ft)
Propulsion4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 80,000 shp total (60 MW)
Speed33 knots (61 km/h)
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried1 Sikorsky S-70C(M) helicopter

Tso Ying, formerly USS Kidd (DDG-993), the lead ship of her class of destroyers for the United States Navy, was purchased by the Republic of China in 2004. Her new name in ROCN service was originally planned to be Chi The, which is a transliteration of "Kidd" into Chinese.

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