First of all, it should be noted that although the Keelung class can be called a "10,000-ton large drive", there is no shadow of a "10,000-ton large drive" in its weapons and equipment. The process of the Keelung class joining the Taiwan and puppet navy can be described as long a

A few days ago, our Eastern Theater Command conducted nearly a week of drills around the six major training areas on Taiwan Island, which effectively deterred some reactionary elements on the island who attempted to "reject reunification with force."

Regarding our military's training, Taiwan's so-called "defense department" dispatched the so-called "main ship" Keelung-class destroyer to accompany us. Let us take a look at the combat effectiveness of the Keelung-class destroyer.

First of all, I want to explain that although the Keelung class can be called a "10,000-ton large drive", there is no trace of the "10,000-ton large drive" in its weapons and equipment. The process of the Keelung-class joining the Taiwanese Navy is long and changeable.

The original buyer of the ship was Iran Pahlavi Dynasty . The first ship started construction in 1978. By 1979, when the four ships were about to be completed, the relationship between Iran and the United States deteriorated rapidly because of the new regime in Iran. . As a result, these four ships were in the embarrassing situation of being built but unable to be sold. The United States had no choice but to temporarily join the four ships in the U.S. Navy and use them while looking for new buyers.

During its "temporary service" in the U.S. Navy, the ship was renamed from the original Iranian "Cyrus-class" to the "Kidd-class". The four ships were also named after four World War II American major generals who died in action (Kidd-class) Germany, Callahan, Scott, Chandler)

Because this is a separate ship type for Iran, there are only four ships in total. For the US military's "Invincible Fleet" that dominated the world at that time, these four ships were A typical tasteless bastard. So it only served 18 years in US Navy and was sealed at the speed of light. Quietly waiting to be dismantled or sold to the wrongdoer.

The entire Kidd-class ship inherited the Spruance-class destroyer developed from 1967 to 1972, and its sub-class ship Burke-class was finalized in 1989. Therefore, the Kidd class can be said to be the Spruance foreign trade air defense version of the destroyer.

But the Kidd-class was originally built as an "export product". Naturally, its weapons and equipment cannot be exactly the same as the "own weapons" of the US Navy, so after a lot of deletions and deletions. Two 127 single-barrel guns, two Phalanx, two mk10 (can launch Beagle, standard, Asnok) two mk36 interference bomb launchers, two triple-mounted torpedo , two Seahawk helicopters The "affordable outfit" is out.

In the years since it served in the US military, the Kidd class has been in the process of "repairing" modifications, so that in the later stages, it became the most powerful and balanced destroyer in the US Navy. To a certain extent, it can be called This situation lasted until the emergence of Arleigh Burke in the 1990s. "Foreign trade ships" that were not equipped with new Aegis naturally had to make way for the new ones.

Just when it was about to be sealed and waiting to be dismantled, the "taken advantage of" automatically came to the door.

In 1998, Greece planned to use these four Kidd-class ships on a lease basis, but it fell through because the Americans were unwilling to sell their own Standard 2 missiles, so the sellers focused on Australia, which also belongs to the Angsa brothers. You Greeks The sea area is small, but Australia has wide sea areas. But Australia doesn't buy it. You are a third-hand ship in my hands. Besides, I can trust the sea4000 air defense ship I developed, but I don't want yours!

Many attempts to sell them were fruitless. In the new century, we saw these four boats on the other side and ordered them at a price of US$8.1 million. The time was 2003. After more than two years of training and transformation, starting in 2005, 1801 Keelung, 1802 Suao, 1803 Zuoying, and 1805 Magong joined the so-called navy on the other side in batches.

After nearly 20 years of rapid development, the 4 foreign trade ships that previously followed the US Navy to dominate the world are now aging, and their foreign trade journey is destined to come to an end.