Kidd class - DDG - Guided-Missile Destroyer IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: Call Sign: NKID Shipyard: Ingalls Shipbuilding See Also: DD Fletcher class DD-661 DDG Arleigh Burke Flight IIA class DDG-100 Events ---Filter---OrderedLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedFate: transfered History of USS Kidd DDG-993 1978-mar-23OrderedOrdered for Iran as Kouroush 1978-jun-26Laid downLaid down 1979 embargoed 1979-aug-11LaunchedLaunched 1981-mar-27CommissionedCommissioned 1998-mar-12DecommissionedDecommissioned 1999 Rejected by Australia 2003-may-30Fate: transferedFate: transfered to Taiwan as ROCS Tso Ying (DDG-1803) History of Kee Lung class ROCS Tso Ying DDG-1803 2006-nov-03CommissionedCommissioned Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event Specifications Kidd class 360crew 9700full load (tn) 172length (m) 17beam (m) 10draught (m) 33max speed (knots) 4Naval Engine gas turbine - General Electric LM2500 2Naval Engine propulsion system: COGOG 2Missile Launcher Mk 141 quad Harpoon 2Missile Launcher Mk 26 2Naval Gun Mark 45 5/54 inch (127mm) 2Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm 2Torpedo Launchers Mk 32 triple-tube 324mm Aircraft Typical Max US Navy Sikorsky S-61 H-3 01 US Navy Kaman Seasprite 02 US Navy Sikorsky S-70 H-60 12 Builder Ingalls Shipbuilding,