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 11 August 1979 | |
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Name ROCS Tso Ying (DDG-1803) Namesake Tso Ying Naval Base, Tsoying, Kaohsiung City | ||
ROCS Tso Ying (DDG-1803) (左營) is a Kee Lung-class destroyer guided-missile destroyer currently in active service of Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy. It was formally commissioned at Suao Naval Base in northeastern Taiwan on 3 November 2006 along with sister ship ROCS Ma Kong (DDG-1805). Tso Ying is named after the largest naval base in Taiwan, the Tso Ying Naval Base in Tsoying District, Kaohsiung City at southern Taiwan. The Tso Ying Naval Base is also the location of the Republic of China's naval academy and fleet headquarters.
Tso Ying, formerly USS Kidd (DDG-993), the lead ship of her class of destroyers for the United States Navy, was purchased by the Republic of China in 2004. Her new name in ROCN service was originally planned to be Chi The, which is a transliteration of "Kidd" into Chinese.