USS Scott (DDG-995)
 USS Scott underway on 21 March 1986
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Scott |
| Namesake | Norman Scott |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 12 February 1979 |
| Launched | 1 March 1980 |
| Acquired | 8 September 1981 |
| Commissioned | 24 October 1981 |
| Decommissioned | 10 December 1998 |
| Stricken | 10 December 1998 |
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| Fate | Sold to Taiwan, 30 May 2003; commissioned as ROCS Kee Lung (DDG-1801) |
| Badge | _crest.png) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Kidd-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 9,783 tons full |
| 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 (60,000 kW) total |
| Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h) |
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| Sensors and processing systems | |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 (V)3 |
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USS Scott (DDG-995) was a
posthumous Medal of Honor
for his actions.
Originally named Nader, Scott was ordered by the
NBC warfare
. She was commissioned in 1981.
Scott completed a major re-fit in Philadelphia in 1988 that focused on upgrading its radar and fire control tracking system.
Scott was decommissioned from the U.S. Navy on 10 December 1998.
Current status
Scott was sold to the
Kee Lung-class
destroyers.
After almost two years of refit and training in the U.S., the Kee Lung was commissioned on 17 December 2005 at Keelung naval port in northern Taiwan. The ROCN paid just over $690 million for the four Kidd-class destroyers, giving it extensive anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) capabilities.
References
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
External links
 United States Navy | |
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 Republic of China NavyKee Lung class | |
 Imperial Iranian Navy | |
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