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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Yard: | Litton Ingalls, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| Awarded: | March 23, 1978 |
| Laid down: | May 7, 1979 |
| Launched: | June 28, 1980 |
| Commissioned: | March 13, 1982 |
| Decommissioned: | September 23, 1999 |
| Fate: | Sold to Taiwan |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 9,783 tons full |
| Length: | 171.6 m (563 ft) |
| Beam: | 16.8 m (55 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbineThis machine has a single-stage radial compressor and turbine, a recuperator, and foil bearings. A gas turbine is a rotary engine that extracts energy from a flow of combustion gas. It has an upstream compressor coupled to a downstream turbine, and a combs, 80,000 shp total |
| Speed: | 33 knots (60.8 km/h) |
| Complement: | ? officers ? enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 × Mark 26 Standard missileThe "Standard Missile" is a type of surface-to-air missile (SAM) originally developed for the United States Navy. In September 2003 the United States Navy ceased to support the SM-1 and withdrew it from service, though the missile continues to be used by launchers 2 × Mark 141 quad launcher with 8 × AGM-84 HarpoonThe AGM-84 Harpoon is a US all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile system. Harpoon uses active radar guidance and low-level, sea-skimming cruise trajectory to improve survivability and effectiveness. The missile is capable of being launched from 2 × Mark 15 20mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mark 45 5 inch 54 cal gun 2 × Mark 32 triple tube mounts with 6 × Mark 46 torpedoDesigned to attack high-performance submarines, the Mark 46 torpedo is the backbone of the U. Navy's lightweight ASW torpedo inventory, and is the current NATO standard. The Mk 46 Mod 5 is expected to remain in service until the year 2015. In 1989, a majos 1 × Mark 112 ASROCASROC (for "Anti-Submarine Rocket") is an antisubmarine missile system, developed by the United States Navy, and installed on over 200 surface ships, generally cruisers and destroyers. A surface ship first detects an enemy submarine by using sonar, then f launcher |
| Sensors: | SPS-48E air search radar SPG-60 gun fire control radar SPS-55 surface search radar SPQ-9A gun fire control radar SQS-53 sonarAcronyms Sonar so und n avigation a nd r anging) is a technique that uses sound propagation under water to navigate or to detect other watercraft. There are two kinds of sonar, active and passive. Active sonar Active sonar creates a pulse of sound, often SLQ-32(V)3 Outboard II |
| Aircraft: | 1 × SH-3 Sea King or 2 × SH-2 Seasprite |
Derived from the Spruance class, USS Chandler (DDG-996) was the final ship in a class of destroyers operated by the U.S. Navy. Kidd class vessels were designed for air defense in hot weather. The vessel was named after Rear Admiral Theodore E. Chandler
Originally named Andushirvan, Chandler was originally ordered by the Shah of Iran, but was undelivered when the 1979 Iranian Revolution occurred. Subsequent to this, the U.S. Navy elected to commission them for service in the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea, as they were equipped with heavy-duty air conditioning and were also well suited to filtering sand and the results from NBC warfare.
Chandler was eventually decommissioned from the U.S. Navy and is in the process of being transferred to the Republic of China. In that service, the vessel will be named Wu Teh (DDG-1805).