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Guided-missile destroyer
Kidd-class destroyer is a guided-missile destroyer. It was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding , MS (4).
Kidd-class destroyer
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Ingalls Shipbuilding , MS (4)
United States Navy Republic of China Navy (as Kee Lung class )
Spruance class
Arleigh Burke class
Kee Lung class
1978–1982
1981–1999 ( United States Navy ) 2005–present ( Republic of China Navy )
4
4 ( Taiwan )
Guided-missile destroyer
Light: 7,289 t (7,174 long tons; 8,035 short tons) Full: 9,783 t (9,628 long tons; 10,784 short tons) Dead Weight: 2,494 t (2,455 long tons; 2,749 short tons)
563 ft (172 m)
55 ft (17 m)
31.5 ft (9.6 m)
3 × Allison 501-K17 ship service gas turbine generators (2,500 kW (3,400 hp) each)
4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines , 2 shafts, 80,000 shp (60 MW)
33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) 3,300 nautical miles (6,100 km; 3,800 mi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
28 officers; 320 enlisted
SPS-48E 3D Air Search Radar SPS-49(V)5 2D Air Search Radar 2 × SPG-51D Missile Control Radar 1 × AN/SPG-60 Gun Fire Control Radar SPS-55 Surface Search Radar SPQ-9A Gun Fire Control Radar SQS-53 hull-mounted sonar
AN/SLQ-32 (V)3 OUTBOARD II EW Suite Mark 36 SRBOC AN/SLQ-25 Nixie towed sonar decoy
2 × 5-inch (127mm) 54 calibre Mark 45 dual purpose guns 2 × Mk 26 launchers for 68 × RIM-66 SM-2MR Block IIIA(RIM-66K-2 and RUR-5 ASROC 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 cannons (Varies from ship to ship, Block 0/1/1A/1B) 2 × 4 Mk 141 Harpoon missile canisters 2 × Mark 32 triple 12.75 in (324 mm) torpedo tubes ( Mk46 torpedoes ) (14 torpedoes)
1 SH-3 helicopter or 2 SH-2 Seasprite LAMPS helicopters
Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters
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Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 172 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Kidd-class destroyer equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Naval inventory of the source class and listed configurations; excludes orders and construction. Source-year holdings, not immediately deployable strength.
United States Navy Republic of China Navy (as Kee Lung class )
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