Laid down 26 June 1978 Commissioned 3 November 2006 Construction started 26 June 1978 Builder Ingalls Shipbuilding | Acquired 30 May 2003 Status in active service Launched 24 May 1980 | |
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Name ROCS Ma Kong (DDG-1805) Class and type Kee Lung-class destroyer | ||
ROCS Ma Kong (馬公, DDG-1805) is a Kee Lung-class 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 Kidd-class destroyer 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.
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