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Kee Lung in 2007
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History | |
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Taiwan | |
Builder | |
Laid down | 12 February 1979 |
Launched | 1 March 1980 as USS Scott (DDG-995) |
Acquired | 30 May 2003 |
Name | ROCS Kee Lung (DDG-1801) |
Namesake | Keelung |
Commissioned | 17 December 2005 |
Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Kee Lung-class destroyer |
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Length | 171.6 m (563 ft) |
Beam | 16.8 m (55 ft) |
Draft | 10.1 m (33.1 ft) |
Propulsion | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 80,000 shp total (60 MW) |
Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h) |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × 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.