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:	Litton Ingalls, Pascagoula, Mississippi
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:	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 62 × SM-2 Block IIIA SAM 2 × Mark 141 quad launcher 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon 2 × Mark 15 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mark 45 5 in (127 mm) gun 2 × Mark 32 triple tube mounts with 6 × Mark 46 torpedoes
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.

External links

• This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
• Navysite.de: USS Chandler