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.

ROCS Ma Kung in Kaohsiung Harbor
History
Taiwan
Builder
Laid down26 June 1978
Launched24 May 1980 as USS Chandler (DDG-996)
Acquired30 May 2003
NameROCS Ma Kong (DDG-1805)
Commissioned3 November 2006
StatusShip in active service
General characteristics
Class and typeKee Lung-class destroyer
Displacement
  • Light: 6,950 t (6,840 long tons; 7,660 short tons)
  • Full: 9,574 t (9,423 long tons; 10,554 short tons)
  • Dead Weight: 2,624 t (2,583 long tons; 2,892 short tons)
Length171.6 m (563 ft)
Beam16.8 m (55 ft)
Draft10.1 m (33.1 ft)
Propulsion4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 80,000 shp total (60 MW)
Speed33 knots (61 km/h)
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried1 Sikorsky S-70C(M) helicopter

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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