USS Kidd (DDG-993)

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USS Kidd off Norfolk in December 1987
History
United States
Name	Kidd
Namesake	Isaac C. Kidd
Ordered	23 March 1978
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	26 June 1978
Launched	11 August 1979
Acquired	4 May 1981
Commissioned	27 March 1981
Decommissioned	12 March 1998
Stricken	12 March 1998
Identification	Callsign: NKID Hull number: DDG-993
Motto	Nil Sine Magno Labore (Nothing without hard work)
Badge
Fate	Sold to the Taiwanese navy; currently active as ROCS Tso Ying
General characteristics
Class and type	Kidd-class destroyer
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 kn (61 km/h; 38 mph)
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 & decoys	AN/SLQ-32(V)3
Armament	Two × twin Mk 26 missile launchers for the Standard Missile SM-2MR with magazines for 80 missiles Two × Mark 141 quad launchers for eight RGM-84 Harpoon missiles Two Mark 45 5 in (127 mm) – 54 calibre rapid-fire naval guns Two × Mark 15 20 mm Phalanx CIWS self-defense cannon Two Mark 32 triple tube mounts with 6 × Mark 46 torpedoes
Aircraft carried	One SH-3 Sea King or Two SH-2 Seasprite helicopters

USS Kidd (DDG-993) was the lead ship in her class of destroyers operated by the U.S. Navy. Derived from the Spruance-class, these vessels were designed for air defense in hot weather. The vessel was the second named after Medal of Honor recipient Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, who was aboard USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor, and was the first American flag officer to die in World War II.

Originally named Kouroush, the ship was ordered by the Shah of Iran but was undelivered when the 1979 Iranian Revolution occurred. After this, the U.S. Navy elected to commission the Kidd-class for service in the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean, as they were equipped with heavy-duty air conditioning and were also well suited to filtering sand, and the results from NBC warfare. Kidd-class ships were known in the fleet informally as the "Ayatollah" or "dead admiral" class.