ah ha!
Mystery solved ... that ship in the photo was built for Iran, but never made it into their navy:
navysite.de/dd/ddg995
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USS SCOTT was the last but one KIDD class guided missile destroyer. Originally built for Iran, the ship was first named NADER
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www.seaforces.org/usnships/ddg/DDG-995-USS-Scott.htm
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Guided Missile Destroyer: DDG 995 - USS Scott . Type, Class: Guided Missile Destroyer; Kidd - class; planned and built as DD for Iranian Navy as Nader
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www.navsource.org/archives/05/995.htm
Reclassified Guided Missile Destroyer DDG-995 August 8 1979. Decommissioned December 10 1998. Transferred to Taiwan on May 30 2003.
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