ROCS Ma Kong
Appearance
![]() ROCS Ma Kong (DDG-1805), then USS Chandler (DDG-996)
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Laid down | 26 June 1978 |
Launched | 24 May 1980 as USS Chandler (DDG-996) |
Acquired | 30 May 2003 |
Name | ROCS Ma Kong (DDG-1805) |
Commissioned | 3 November 2006 |
Status | Ship in active service |
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Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
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) |
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ROCS Ma Kong (馬公, DDG-1805) is a Template:Sclass- guided-missile destroyer currently in active service of Republic of China Navy. It is named after Ma Kong City, Penghu Island, a port city and the location of an important ROCN base.
She was formerly the American Template:Sclass- USS Chandler (DDG-996) which was decommissioned from the United States Navy in September 1999 and sold to the Republic of China Navy on 30 May 2003.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/ROCS_Ma_Kung_%28DDG-1805%29%2C_in_Kaohsiung_Harbor%2C_July_2017.jpg/220px-ROCS_Ma_Kung_%28DDG-1805%29%2C_in_Kaohsiung_Harbor%2C_July_2017.jpg)
External links
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.
- Navysite.de: USS Chandler