saxman@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Ken DeLaughder) (05/02/91)
From: saxman@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Ken DeLaughder) I have a friend in the Naval Reserves who serves his two weeks aboard the USS Chandler, DDG-996. I was wondering whether anyone out there could post come more information on the ship, what class it belongs to, etc etc... Apparently this class has an interesting history, they were supposed to be give to the Shaw of Iran, before the Ayatollah took over, so the US Navy got them for nil! He says the nickname of the class is the "Ayatollah class". Thanks for the info in advance By the way, he mentioned something about them getting a pretty hot upgrade in electronics, that info would be cool as well... -- Ken DeLaughder saxman@ksuvm.ksu.edu saxman@matt.ksu.ksu.edu
swilliam@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Steve Williams) (05/06/91)
From: swilliam@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Steve Williams) saxman@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Ken DeLaughder) writes: >I have a friend in the Naval Reserves who serves his two weeks aboard the >USS Chandler, DDG-996. I was wondering whether anyone out there could post >come more information on the ship, what class it belongs to, etc etc... [Wondering? Surely the issue was never really in doubt! :-) --CDR] 4 KIDD CLASS GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYERS (DDG) Name No. Commissioned KIDD (ex-Iranian KOUROOSH) DDG 993 27 Jun 1981 CALLAGHAN (ex-Iranian DARYUSH) DDG 994 29 Aug 1981 SCOTT (ex-Iranian NADER) DDG 995 24 Oct 1981 CHANDLER (ex-Iranian ANOUSHIRVAN) DDG 996 13 Mar 1982 All KIDD Class destroyers were built by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. Displacement, tons: 6950 light; 9574 full load Dimension, feet: 563.3 x 55 x 20; 33 sonar Main machinery: 4 General Electric LM 2500 gas turbines; 80,000 shp; 2 shafts Speed, knots: 33 Range, miles: 3300 at 30 knots; 6000 at 20 kts; 8000 at 17 kts Complement: 330 (20 officers) Missiles: SSM: 8 McDonnell Douglas Harpoon (2 quad) launchers SAM: 52 GDC Pomona Standard SM-2MR (SM-1MR in DDG 663). A/S: 16 Honeywell ASROC; Mk 46 Mod 5 Neartip/ Mk 50. 2 twin Mk 26 (Mod 2 & Mod 3) launchers for Standard and ASROC; missiles are split between 2 magazines. Guns: 2 FMC 5 in/54 Mk 45 Mod 0 2 General Electric/General Dynamic 20mm Vulcan Phalanx 6-barrelled Mk 15 4-12.7mm MGs Torpedoes: 6-Mk 32 (2 triple) tubes; torpedoes fired from inside the hull under the hanger. Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 Loral Hycor SRBOC 6-barrelled fixed Mk 36; IR flares and Chaff to 4 km (2.2 nm). SLQ 25 Nixie; torpedo decoy. ESM/ECM: SLQ 32(V)2; radar warning. Sidekick modification adds jammer and deception system. Helicopters: 2 SH-2F LAMPS I or 1 SH-60 LAMPS III Program: Under the approved FY 1979 supplemental budget under the US Navy took over the contracts of four destroyers originally ordered by the Iranian Government in 1974, but cancelled, on 3 February 1979 (DDG 995 and 996) and 31 March 1979 (DDG 993 and 995). The four were officially acquired on 25 July 1979. Modernization: SCOTT has received the New Threat Upgrade modernization with updated Mk 74 MFCS for SM-2MR and SPG 51D radars, SPS 49(v)5 and Mk 14 weapon direction system. CALLAGHAN and CHANDLER complete in late 1990 with KIDD to follow in 1991-92. Structure: The modular concept has been used extensively to facilitate construction and future modernization. Displacement could be up to 1000 tons over design because of the addition of Kevlar armor. Excellent air conditioning because of original Iranian requirements. NTU has led to a rearrangement of the mainmast and repositioning of SPS 48 and the SPG 60 aerials, in order to make room for the SPG 49. Operational: These ships are optimised for general warfare instead of anti-submarine warfare as are the Spruance class, and the ability to fire SM-2MR allows them to support Aegis cruisers, if necessary allowing Aegis to control the missiles. The addtion of SPS 49 markedly improves air picture compilation capability. They are the most powerful destroyers in the fleet. Originally, it had been planned to build the entire Spruance class to this design, but because of 'cost' the design was altered to the current plan. Source: Jane's Fighting Ships 1990-91 Steve Williams