PLATFORM TYPE:   KIDD CLASS GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER
PLATFORM NAME:   USS KIDD DDG 993
                 USS CALLAGHAN DDG 994
                 USS SCOTT DDG 995
                 USS CHANDLER DDG 996

DESCRIPTION:     A MULTI-ROLE PLATFORM CAPABLE OF
                 SUPPORTING ASW, SURFACE WARFARE
                 AND MOST DEFENSIVE AND OFFENSIVE
                 OPERATIONS.
SPEED:           33KTS
RANGE:           3,300 AT 30KTS
                 8,000 AT 17KTS
MANNING LEVEL:   339
DIMENSIONS:      563 x 55 x 33 FT
DISPLACEMENT:    9,574 FULL LOAD
POWER PLANT:     4 2500 GAS TURBINES AT 88,000 HP WITH
                 2 SHAFTS

SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILES:
                 8 HARPPOON,LAUNCHED FROM
                 2 QUAD MISSILE LAUNCHERS

SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES:
                 52 SM-2MR STANDARD MISSILES

ANTI-SUBMARINE WEAPONS:
                 16 ASROC MK46 MOD 5 NEARTIP TORPEDOS

GUNS:            2  FMC 5 IN 54MK45 MOD O/1
                 2  VULCAN PHALANX 6 BARREL 20MM
                 4  12.7mm MACHINE GUNS

TORPEDOES:       2-TRIPLE TUBE LAUNCHERS CAPABALE
                 OF FIRING UP TO 14 MK46 TORPEDOES
                 (MK50 IN THE FUTURE)

RADARS:
    (AIR SRCH):        SPS-48E
                       SPS-49(V)5
    (FIRE CTRL):       SPQ-9A
                       SPG-6O
                       SPG-51D
    (SURFACE SRCH):    SPS-55
    (NAVIGATION):      SPS-64
    (TACAN):           URN-25
    (IFF):             MKXII AIMS UPX-29

ELECTRONIC WARFARE:
(ESM/ECM):             SLQ-32(V)2 WITH SIDEKICK
                       DECEPTION AND JAMMING.

COUNTERMEASURES:
                       4 SRBOC 6-BARREL MK36 CHAFF AND
                       IR DECOY SYSTEMS.
                       SLQ-25 NIXIE TOWED TORPEDO DECOY
                       SYSTEM.
SONAR:                 SQS-53A BOW-MOUNTED, SEARCH AND
                       ATTACK
                       SQR-19 PASSIVE TOWED ARRAY

COMBAT DATA SYSTEMS:   NTDS WITH LINKS 4A,11,14 AND 16 IN
                       TIME.
                       SATCOM SRR-1
                       WSC-3 (UHF)
                       USC-38 (EHF)

AIRCRAFT:              2 SH-2F LAMPS I
                       1 SH-60B LAMPS III

COUNTRIES:             USA
COMMENTS:              ORIGINALLY ORDERED BY IRAN, BUT SOON
                       MAINTAINED BY THE US FLEET.  MOST
                       POWERFUL DESTROYERS IN THE FLEET.


 
