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Career

Yard:	Litton Ingalls, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Awarded:	March 23, 1978
Laid down:	October 23, 1978
Launched:	December 1, 1979
Commissioned:	December 17, 2005
Decommissioned:
Fate:	Template:Ship fate box active in service
General Characteristics
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)
Complement:	? officers ? enlisted
Armament:	2 × Mark 26 Standard missile launchers 2 × Mark 141 quad launcher with 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon 2 × Mark 15 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mark 45 5 in (127 mm) 54 cal gun 2 × Mark 32 triple tube mounts with 6 × Mark 46 torpedoes 1 × Mark 112 ASROC launcher
Sensors:	SPS-48E air search radar SPG-60 gun fire control radar SPS-55 surface search radar SPQ-9A gun fire control radar SQS-53 sonar SLQ-32(V)3 Outboard II
Aircraft:	1 × SH-3 Sea King or 2 × SH-2 Seasprite

ROCS Su Ao (蘇澳, DDG-1802) is a Kidd class guided-missile destroyer currently in active service of Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy. Su Au was formerly USS Callaghan, which was decommissioned by the U.S. in 1998. For some time, Su Ao was tentatively named Ming Teh (明德), following the example of Chi Teh (紀德), but it was later decided to name it Su Ao, after the Su-Ao naval base in eastern Taiwan.

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-'''ROCS ''Su Au'' (蘇澳, DDG-1802)''' is a [[Kidd class destroyer|''Kidd'' class]] guided-missile destroyer currently in active service of [[Republic of China]] (Taiwan) [[Republic of China Navy|Navy]]. ''Su Au'' was formerly [[USS Callaghan (DDG-994)|USS ''Callaghan'']], which was decommissioned by the U.S. in 1998. For some time, ''Su Au'' was tentatively named ''Ming Teh'' (明德), following the example of ''Chi Teh'' (紀德), but it was later decided to name it ''Su Au'', after the [[Su-ao, Yilan|Su-Au]] naval base in eastern [[Taiwan]].
+'''ROCS ''Su Ao'' (蘇澳, DDG-1802)''' is a [[Kidd class destroyer|''Kidd'' class]] guided-missile destroyer currently in active service of [[Republic of China]] (Taiwan) [[Republic of China Navy|Navy]]. ''Su Au'' was formerly [[USS Callaghan (DDG-994)|USS ''Callaghan'']], which was decommissioned by the U.S. in 1998. For some time, ''Su Ao'' was tentatively named ''Ming Teh'' (明德), following the example of ''Chi Teh'' (紀德), but it was later decided to name it ''Su Ao'', after the [[Su-ao, Yilan|Su-Ao]] naval base in eastern [[Taiwan]].
 == Other units of the class ==