Kidd-class destroyer

USS Scott on 21 March 1986
Class overview
NameKidd-class destroyer[1]
BuildersIngalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Operators
Preceded bySpruance class
Succeeded byArleigh Burke class
SubclassesKee Lung class
Built1978–1982
In commission
Completed4
Active4 (Taiwan)
General characteristics
TypeGuided-missile destroyer
Displacement
  • Light: 7,289 t (7,174 long tons; 8,035 short tons)
  • Full: 9,783 t (9,628 long tons; 10,784 short tons)
  • Dead Weight: 2,494 t (2,455 long tons; 2,749 short tons)
Length563 ft (172 m)
Beam55 ft (17 m)
Draught31.5 ft (9.6 m)
Propulsion4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp (60 MW)
Speed33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range
  • 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
  • 3,300 nautical miles (6,100 km; 3,800 mi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement28 officers; 320 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried1 SH-3 helicopter or 2 SH-2 Seasprite LAMPS helicopters
Aviation facilitiesFlight 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.[3] 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.

  1. ^ "DDG-993 KIDD-class". Global Security. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  2. ^ Jordan, John (1986). An illustrated guide to modern destroyers. New York, N.Y.: Prentice Hall. pp. 58, 70, 77, 79, 134. ISBN 0-13-450776-2. OCLC 13010345.
  3. ^ DDG-993 KIDD-class, archived from the original on 9 March 2016