 USS Chandler |
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| Class and type: | Kidd class destroyer |
| Named after: | Rear Admiral Theodore E. Chandler |
| Ordered: | March 23, 1978 |
| Builder: | Litton Ingalls, Pascagoula, Mississippi Refit for ROCN Dentons Shipyard, North Charleston, South Carolina |
| Laid down: | May 7, 1979 |
| Launched: | June 28, 1980 |
| Commissioned: | March 13, 1982 |
| Decommissioned: | September 23, 1999 |
| Struck: | September 23, 1999 |
| Status: | 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 turbines, 80,000 shp total |
| Speed: | 33 knots (61 km/h) |
| Complement: | 31 officers 332 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: | AN/SPS-48E 3D air search radar AN/SPS-49 2D air search radar SPG-60 gun fire control radar AN/SPG-51 missile fire control radar AN/SPS-55 surface search radar AN/SPQ-9A gun fire control radar SQS-53 sonar |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | AN/SLQ-32(V)3 Outboard II |
| Armament: | 2 × Mark 26 Standard missile launchers 2 × Mark 141 quad launcher with 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon 2 × Mark 15 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mark 45 5 in (127 mm) / 54 caliber gun 2 × Mark 32 triple tube mounts with 6 × Mark 46 torpedoes 1 × Mark 112 ASROC launcher |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × SH-3 Sea King or 2 × SH-2 Seasprite |
Derived from the Spruance class, USS Chandler (DDG-996) was the final ship in the Kidd class of destroyers operated by the U.S. Navy. These vessels were designed for air defense in hot weather. She 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 her for service in the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea, as she was equipped with heavy-duty air conditioning and was also well suited to filtering sand and the results from NBC warfare. She was commissioned in 1982. Chandler was decommissioned in 1999. She was transferred to the Republic of China, renamed Wu Teh (DDG-1805) in 2004, and finally recommissioned as ROCS Ma Kong (DDG-1805) in 2006.
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Accident
In June of 1985, Chandler was involved in an accident on the Columbia River. The ship itself was sued under Admiralty law in the United States by a barge owner who claimed that Chandler's negligent action on the Columbia River caused a dangerous swell called a soliton. The District Court of Oregon heard the case and held that the officers on Chandler breached their duty to exercise reasonable care in avoiding creation of the dangerous swell and the plantiff was able to recover for the damages.[1][2]
See also
References
- ^ Bernert Towboat Co. v. USS Chandler (DDG 996), 666 F. Supp. 1454, 1987 A.M.C. 2919 (D. Ore. 1987).
- ^ Birmingham, Robert L.; Tara Shaw, Carolyn Shields (2003). "Daubert, Proof of a Prior, and the Soliton: Bernert Towboat Co. v. USS CHANDLER (DDG996)". Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 34: 173.
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