ROCS Su Ao

ROCS Su Ao (DDG-1802), then USS Callaghan (USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) in background)
History
USA
Name	Callaghan
Builder	Litton Ingalls, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Launched	1 December 1979
Commissioned	29 August 1981
Decommissioned	31 March 1998
Stricken	31 March 1998
Fate	Sold to Taiwan, 30 May 2003
History
Taiwan
Name	Su Ao
Acquired	30 May 2003
Commissioned	17 December 2005
Status	in active service
General characteristics
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 guided-missile destroyer currently in active service of Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy. Su Ao was formerly USS Callaghan (DDG-994), 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 be named Su Ao, after the Su-Ao naval base in eastern Taiwan.

External links

• Navysite.de: USS Callaghan