USS Callaghan (DDG-994)
USS Callaghan on 30 January 1987 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Callaghan |
| Namesake | Daniel Callaghan |
| Ordered | 23 March 1978 |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 23 October 1978 |
| Launched | 1 December 1979 |
| Commissioned | 29 August 1981 |
| Decommissioned | 31 March 1998 |
| Stricken | 31 March 1998 |
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| Fate | Sold to Taiwan, 30 May 2003; commissioned as ROCS Su Ao (DDG-1802) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Kidd-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 9,783 tons full |
| Length | 171.6 m (563 ft) |
| Beam | 16.8 m (55 ft) |
| Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 80,000 shp total |
| Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h) |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32(V)3 |
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USS Callaghan (DD/DDG-994) was the second ship of the Kidd class of destroyers operated by the U.S. Navy. Derived from the Spruance class, these vessels were designed for air defense in hot weather. She was named for Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan, who was killed in action aboard his flagship, the heavy cruiser San Francisco, during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942.
Originally to be named Daryush, the ship was ordered by the Shah of Iran, but was undelivered when the 1979 Iranian Revolution occurred. Subsequent to this, the U.S. Navy elected to commission her and her sister ships for service in the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea, as they were equipped with heavy-duty air conditioning and were also well suited to filtering sand and the NBC warfare contaminants.