ROCS Su Ao

ROCS Su Ao (DDG-1802), then USS Callaghan (USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) in background)
History
Republic of China
Builder	Litton Ingalls, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Laid down	23 October 1978
Launched	1 December 1979 as USS Callaghan (DDG-994)
Acquired	30 May 2003
Name	ROCS Su Ao (DDG-1802)
Namesake	Su-Ao Naval Base, Su-ao, Yilan
Commissioned	17 December 2005
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Kee Lung-class destroyer
Displacement	7,289 tons standard
Length	171.6 m (563 ft)
Beam	16.8 m (55 ft)
Draft	9.6 m (31.5 ft)
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 80,000 shp total (60 MW)
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h)
Sensors and processing systems	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
Armament	2 × Mark 26 launchers 62 × SM-2 Block IIIA SAM 2 × Mark 141 quad launcher 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon 2 × Mark 15 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mark 45 5 in (127 mm) gun 2 × Mark 32 triple tube mounts with 6 × Mark 46 torpedoes 1 × Mark 112 ASROC launcher
Aircraft carried	1 × SH-3 Sea King or 2 × SH-2 Seasprite

ROCS Su Ao (蘇澳, DDG-1802) is a Kee Lung-class destroyer guided-missile destroyer currently in active service of the Republic of China Navy. Su Ao was formerly American Kidd-class destroyer USS Callaghan (DDG-994), which was decommissioned from the United States Navy in 1998. For some time after the ship's 30 May 2003 purchase, Su Ao was tentatively named Ming Teh (明德), following the example of Chi Teh (紀德), but it was later decided to be named Su Ao, after the Su-Ao naval base in eastern Taiwan.

External links

• Navysite.de: USS Callaghan