Kidd-class destroyer
USS Scott on 21 March 1986 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Kidd-class destroyer |
| Builders | Ingalls Shipbuilding, MS (4) |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Spruance class |
| Succeeded by | Arleigh Burke class |
| Subclasses | Kee Lung class |
| Built | 1978–1982 |
| In commission |
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| Completed | 4 |
| Active | 4 (Taiwan) |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Guided-missile destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 563 ft (172 m) |
| Beam | 55 ft (17 m) |
| Draught | 31.5 ft (9.6 m) |
| Installed power | 3 × Allison 501-K17 Model 119 ship service gas turbine generators (7.5 MW) |
| Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp (60 MW) |
| Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
| Range |
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| Complement | 28 officers; 320 enlisted |
| Sensors & processing systems | |
| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 SH-3 helicopter or 2 SH-2 Seasprite LAMPS helicopters |
| Aviation facilities | Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters |
The Kidd-class destroyers were a series of four guided-missile destroyers (DDGs) based on the Spruance class. In contrast to their predecessor's focus on anti-submarine warfare, the Kidds were designed as more advanced multipurpose ships with the addition of considerably enhanced anti-aircraft capabilities. Originally ordered for the former Imperial Iranian Navy, the contracts were canceled when the 1979 Iranian Revolution began, and the ships were completed for the United States Navy. They were decommissioned in 1999 and sold to Taiwan, where they have served in the Republic of China Navy as the Kee Lung class since 2005.