Main Features
- completely new bridge tooling
- new superstructure includes molded details
- masts, radar antennas are of new tooling
- all new highly detailed parts for such items as lifeboats,
guns
- photo-etched parts add an extra level of refinement
- new Cartograf decals
About the U.S.S. Chandler
Derived from the
Spruance class, USS Chandler (DDG-996) was the final ship in a
class of destroyers operated by the U.S. Navy. Kidd class vessels
were designed for air defense in hot weather. She was named after
Rear Admiral Theodore E. Chandler Originally named Andushirvan,
Chandler was originally ordered by the Shah of Iran, but was
undelivered when the 1979 Iranian Revolution occurred. Subsequent
to this, the U.S. Navy elected to commission her for service in the
Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea, as she was equipped with
heavy-duty air conditioning and were also well suited to filtering
sand and the results from NBC warfare. She was commissioned in
1982. USS Chandler has observed or participated in combat in the
Arabian Gulf at the height of the Iraq-Iraq war, Operations Desert
Storm and Southern Watch against Iraq, as well as operations in
Somalia in 1993.
Chandler was decommissioned in 1999. She was transferred to the
Republic of China and renamed Wu Teh (DDG-1805) in 2004.
