ROCS Su Ao

as USS Callaghan
ROCS Su Ao (DDG-1802), then USS Callaghan
History
Taiwan
Builder
Laid down23 October 1978
Launched1 December 1979 as USS Callaghan (DDG-994)
Acquired30 May 2003
NameROCS Su Ao (DDG-1802)
NamesakeSu-Ao Naval Base, Su-ao, Yilan
Commissioned17 December 2005
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

ROCS Su Ao (蘇澳; DDG-1802) is a Kee Lung-class destroyer guided-missile destroyer currently in active service of the Republic of China Navy. Su Ao was formerly American Kidd-class destroyer USS Callaghan (DDG-994), which was decommissioned from the United States Navy in 1998. For some time after the ship's 30 May 2003 purchase, Su Ao was tentatively named Ming Teh (明德), following the example of Chi Teh (紀德), but it was later decided to be named Su Ao, after the Su-Ao naval base in eastern Taiwan.

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