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, formerly USS Kidd, underway in 1984.
History
Taiwan
Builder:
Laid down: 26 June 1978
Launched: 11 August 1979 as USS Kidd (DDG-993)
Acquired: 30 May 2003
Name: ROCS Tso Ying (DDG-1803)
Namesake: Tso Ying Naval Base, Tsoying, Kaohsiung City
Commissioned: 3 November 2006
Status: 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

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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