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Originally named ''Daryush'', ''Callaghan'' was originally ordered by the [[Shah of Iran]], but was undelivered when the [[1979]] [[Iranian Revolution]] occurred. Subsequent to this, the U.S. Navy elected to commission them for service in the [[Persian Gulf]] and [[Mediterranean Sea]], as they were equipped with heavy-duty [[air conditioning]] and were also well suited to filtering sand and the results from [[NBC weapon|NBC warfare]]. |
Originally named ''Daryush'', ''Callaghan'' was originally ordered by the [[Shah of Iran]], but was undelivered when the [[1979]] [[Iranian Revolution]] occurred. Subsequent to this, the U.S. Navy elected to commission them for service in the [[Persian Gulf]] and [[Mediterranean Sea]], as they were equipped with heavy-duty [[air conditioning]] and were also well suited to filtering sand and the results from [[NBC weapon|NBC warfare]]. |
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''Callaghan'' was eventually decommissioned from the U.S. Navy and is in the process of being transferred to the [[Republic of China]]. |
''Callaghan'' was eventually decommissioned from the U.S. Navy and is in the process of being transferred to the [[Republic of China]]. In that service, the vessel will be named '''''Ming Teh'' (DDG-1802)'''. |
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| Career |  |
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| Yard: | Litton Ingalls, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| Awarded: | March 23, 1978 |
| Laid down: | October 23, 1978 |
| Launched: | December 1, 1979 |
| Commissioned: | August 29, 1981 |
| Decommissioned: | March 31, 1998 |
| Fate: | Sold to Taiwan |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 9,783 tons full |
| Length: | 171.6 m (563 ft) |
| Beam: | 16.8 m (55 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × GE LM2500 gas turbine 80,000 shp total |
| Speed: | 33 knots (60.8 km/h) |
| Complement: | ? officers ? enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 × Mark 26 Standard missile launchers 2 × Mark 141 quad launcher with 8 × AGM-84 Harpoon 2 × Mark 15 20mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mark 45 5 inch 54 cal gun 2 × Mark 32 triple tube mounts with 6 × Mark 46 torpedos 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 |
Derived from the Spruance class, USS Callaghan (DDG-994) was the second ship in a class of destroyers operated by the U.S. Navy. Kidd class vessels were designed for air defense in hot weather.
Originally named Daryush, Callaghan was originally ordered by the Shah of Iran, but was undelivered when the 1979 Iranian Revolution occurred. Subsequent to this, the U.S. Navy elected to commission them for service in the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea, as they were equipped with heavy-duty air conditioning and were also well suited to filtering sand and the results from NBC warfare.
Callaghan was eventually decommissioned from the U.S. Navy and is in the process of being transferred to the Republic of China. In that service, the vessel will be named Ming Teh (DDG-1802).