USS ''Scott'' (DDG-995) was a of the

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. She was named for Rear Admiral Norman Scott, who was killed during a surface action at the First

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(sometimes referred to as the ''Battle of Friday the 13th'') aboard USS ''Atlanta'', receiving a

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for his actions. Originally named ''Nader'', ''Scott'' was ordered by the

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, but was undelivered at the time of the

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and the U.S. Navy elected to commission her and her sister ships for service in the

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. The destroyers were equipped with heavy-duty

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and were also well suited to filtering sand and the results from NBC warfare. She was commissioned in 1981. ''Scott'' completed a major re-fit in Philadelphia in 1988 that focused on upgrading its radar and fire control tracking system. ''Scott'' was decommissioned from the U.S. Navy on 10 December 1998.

Current status

''Scott'' was sold to the

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in 2004, originally to be named ''Chi Te''. However, due to her better storage condition than her sister ships, she became the first ''Kidd''-class vessel to be commissioned by the

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(ROCN) and thus became ROCS ''Kee Lung'' (DDG-1801), the lead vessel of the new ROCN ''Kee Lung''-class destroyers. After almost two years of refit and training in the U.S., the ''Kee Lung'' was commissioned on 17 December 2005 at

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naval port in northern

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. The ROCN paid just over $690 million for the four ''Kidd''-class destroyers, giving it extensive

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(AAW) capabilities.

References

External links

Navysite.de page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott (DDG-995) Kidd-class destroyers Ships built in Pascagoula, Mississippi 1980 ships Cold War destroyers of the United States