Kidd-class destroyer

The Kidd-class destroyers were a series of four guided-missile destroyers (DDGs) based on the Spruance class. In contrast to their predecessor's focus on anti-submarine warfare, the Kidds were designed as more advanced multipurpose ships with the addition of considerably enhanced anti-aircraft capabilities. Originally ordered for the former Imperial Iranian Navy, the contracts were canceled when the 1979 Iranian Revolution began, and the ships were completed for the United States Navy. They were decommissioned in 1999 and sold to Taiwan, where they have served in the Republic of China Navy as the Kee Lung class since 2005.

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1979  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Kidd class
speed 32.5 knot, 
guided missile destroyer, United States Navy, Republic of China Navy, Ingalls Shipbuilding, 

Sky Sword II, Type 051 destroyer, USS Callaghan, 

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  USS Callaghan ⓘ
  1979 Kidd-class destroyer

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  USS Chandler ⓘ
  1980 Kidd-class destroyer

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  USS Kidd ⓘ
  1979 Kidd-class destroyer

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  USS Scott ⓘ
  1980 Kidd-class destroyer

Frameless

Modified Spruance destroyer of Iran

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
object	watercraft		USS Callaghan	guided missile destroyer, Kidd-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Chandler	guided missile destroyer, Kidd-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Kidd	guided missile destroyer, Kidd-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Scott	guided missile destroyer, Kidd-class destroyer	Wikidata
commons	image		Modified Spruance destroyer of Iran		Commons