USS SCOTT DDG 995 ex NADER ex DD 995

DDG 995   SCOTT   Portsmouth   01 06 1984                                      ( Original  b & w  negative in collection )

DDG 995   SCOTT
FLAG : U.S.A.
TYPE : KIDD - CLASS GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER
LAID DOWN : 12 February 1979
LAUNCHED  : 01 March 1980
COMMISSIONED : 24 October 1981
DECOMMISSIONED : 10 December 1998

Originally ordered by the Iranian government in 1974 and named NADER but cancelled on 31 March 1979 by the new Iranian government. Acquired on 25 July 1979 by the US NAVY.
Transferred to TAIWAN and arrived on 08 December 2005 and recommissioned on 17 December 2005 as 1801 KEELUNG.