Kidd-class Guided Missile Destroyer

The Kidd-class DDG as delivered in 1982 and in its 2010 configuration.

The Kouroush/Kidd/Ontario-class Guided Missile Destroyers are a class of destroyer in service in the Canadian Forces Maritime Command from 1981 to 2026. Originally, the Kidd-class was intended to be used in the Imperial Iranian Navy, however because of the of arms embargo after the Iranian Revolution, the Kidd-class destroyers were sold to Canada for 550 million dollars in 1980. In 2001, the Taiwanese government ordered six Kidd-class guided missile destroyers for their navy. In 2008, the Iranian government ordered six Kidd-class destroyers from the United States as part of the end of the arms embargo. In 2010, the Kidd-class underwent an extensive overhaul and upgrade to allow it to serve into the 2020s.

Specifications

Original Configuration

• Type: Guided Missile Destroyer (Hull designation symbol DDG)
• Characteristics
  • Length: 563 feet (171.6 meters)
  • Beam: 55 feet (16.77 meters)
  • Draught: 32.8 feet (10 meters)
  • Displacement (Light): 7,289 tons (7,174 long tons; 8,035 short tons)
  • Displacement (Loaded): 9,783 tons (9,628 long tons; 10,784 short tons)
• Crew: 363 (31 officers and 332 enlisted)
• Propulsion: 4 x General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts: 80,000 shp (40 MW)
• Range: 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph); 3,300 nautical miles (6,100 km; 3,800 mi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
• Speed: 33 Knots (61.12 Kilometers/Hour; 37.98 Miles/Hour)
• Sensor Suite/Electronic Countermeasures
  • AN/SPS-48E 3D Air Search Radar
  • AN/SPS-49(V)5 2D Air Search Radar
  • AN/SPS-55 Surface Search Radar
  • AN/SPS-64(V)9 Navigation Radar
  • AN/SPQ-9A Gun Fire Control Radar
  • AN/SPG-60 Gun Fire Control Radar
  • AN/SQS-53A Hull mounted Sonar
• Countermeasures:
  • AN/SLQ-32(V)2-5 Electronic Warfare Suite
  • AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo countermeasures suite
  • MK.36 SBROC decoy launchers
• Armament
  • 2 x Mark 45 Mod 0 5"/54-caliber naval gun
  • 2 x Mark 26 twin-arm missile launcher (fires RIM-66 Standard)
  • 2 x Mark 141 armoured box launchers (fires UGM-84 Harpoon)
  • 2 x 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 cannons
  • 2 x Mark 32 triple 12.75 in (324 mm) torpedo tubes (Mark 46 torpedoes)
  • 1 x Mark 112 8-cell ASROC Launcher
• Aircraft Carried: 1 x CH-124 Sea King (replaced by CH-148 Cyclone)

2010 Configuration

• Type: Guided Missile Destroyer (Hull designation symbol DDG)
• Characteristics
  • Length: 563 feet (171.6 meters)
  • Beam: 55 feet (16.77 meters)
  • Draught: 32.8 feet (10 meters)
  • Displacement: 7,200 tons (Light); 9,800 tons (Full Load)
• Crew: 278 (30 officers and 248 enlisted)
• Propulsion: 4 Vektris Engineering (license-built GE) LM2500+ gas turbines, 2 shafts: 150,000 shp
• Range: 6,400 nautical miles at 20 knots
• Speed: 35 Knots (64.82 km/h)
• Sensor Suite:
  • System 025A medium-range air search radar
  • System 034SCR long-range surface search radar
  • AN/SPQ-9B gun fire control and ranging radar
  • AN/SPG-62 missile fire control radars
  • AN/SQS-525 active variable-depth hull sonar
  • AN/SQR-507 passive towed sonar array
  • System 050C Integrated Information Transfer System
• Countermeasures:
  • AN/SLQ-32(V)6 electronic warfare system
  • S2170 Sea Sentor Torpedo Defence System
  • Mk 53 Nulka active missile decoy system
• Armament:
  • 2 x Mk.45 Mod 4 5"/62-caliber naval guns
  • 2 x Mk.41 64-cell Vertical Launching System (fires 128 BGM-109 Tomahawk, RUR-139 VL-ASROC, RIM-156 Standard II, RIM-161 Standard III, RIM-162 ESSM)
  • 2 x 35mm Naval Defender CIWS cannons
  • 1 x Mk.49 Rolling Airframe Missile Launcher (21 RIM-116 missiles plus 84 reloads)
  • 2 x Mk.32 12.75" triple torpedo tubes (fires Mk.46/50/54 lightweight torpedoes)
  • 4 x M2 Browning 12.7mm machine guns
• Aircraft Carried: 1 x CH-148 Cyclone maritime helicopter

Unit Run

Name	Number	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Home port	Status	Notes
Canadian Forces Maritime Command
HMCS Hudson Bay	DDG-284	Ingalls Shipbuilding	August 11, 1979	March 27, 1981	CFB Halifax	Active	ex-IIS Koroush, ex-USS Kidd
HMCS James Bay	DDG-285	Ingalls Shipbuilding	December 1, 1979	August 29, 1981	CFB Halifax	Active	ex-IIS Daryush, ex-USS Callaghan
HMCS Grand Banks	DDG-286	Ingalls Shipbuilding	March 1, 1980	October 24, 1981	CFB Esquimalt	Active	ex-IIS Nader, ex-USS Scott
HMCS Sable Island	DDG-287	Ingalls Shipbuilding	June 28, 1980	March 13, 1982	CFB Esquimalt	Active	ex-IIS Anoshirvan, ex-USS Chandler
Republic of China Navy
ROCS Kee Lung	DDG-1801	China Shipbuilding Corporation	May 30, 2003	December 17, 2005	Su-Ao Naval Base	Active
ROCS Su Ao	DDG-1802	China Shipbuilding Corporation	July 19, 2003	January 18, 2006	Su-Ao Naval Base	Active
ROCS Tso Ying	DDG-1803	China Shipbuilding Corporation	December 7, 2003	May 23, 2006	Tso Ying Naval Base	Active
ROCS Hsin Chu	DDG-1804	Taiwan Shipbuilding Corporation	Janauary 19, 2004	August 20, 2006	Kee Lung Naval Base	Active
ROCS Ma Kong	DDG-1805	Taiwan Shipbuilding Corporation	February 26, 2004	July 31, 2006	Tso Ying Naval Base	Active
ROCS Tai Tung	DDG-1806	Taiwan Shipbuilding Corporation	April 13, 2004	August 19, 2006	Kee Lung Naval Base	Active
Iranian Navy
IRIS Kouroush	D10	Defense Industries Organization	April 17, 2009	December 30, 2010	Bandar-e Abbas	Active
IRIS Daryush	D11	Defense Industries Organization	August 27, 2009	April 30, 2011	Bandar-e Abbas	Active
IRIS Ardeshir	D12	Defense Industries Organization	December 11, 2009	August 25, 2011	Bandar-e Abbas	Active
IRIS Nader	D13	Defense Industries Organization	March 19, 2010	December 1, 2011	Bandar-e Abbas	Active
IRIS Shapour	D14	Defense Industries Organization	July 29, 2010	April 11, 2012	Bandar-e Abbas	Active
IRIS Anoshirvan	D15	Defense Industries Organization	December 8, 2010	August 21, 2012	Bandar-e Abbas	Active

See Also

Related Development

• Spruance-class
• Ticonderoga-class

Comparable Vessels

• Type 43 Admiral-class