ROCS Kee Lung

Kee Lung in 2007
History
Taiwan
Builder
Laid down12 February 1979
Launched1 March 1980 as USS Scott (DDG-995)
Acquired30 May 2003
NameROCS Kee Lung (DDG-1801)
NamesakeKeelung
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 carried2 × Sikorsky S-70C(M)1/2 Seahawk

ROCS Kee Lung (基隆; DDG-1801) is the lead ship of her class of guided-missile destroyers currently in active service of Republic of China Navy.