The Prudent-class destroyers are a class of multirole destroyers that serve in the American People's Navy from 1993 onwards that replaced the 1950/60s destroyers built by the APN.
- The Prudent-class is a slightly upsized Flight IIA/III Arleigh Burke-class DDG.
Specifications[]
- Type: Multirole Destroyer
- Service Period: 1993-Present
- Characteristics:
- Length: 513 feet (156.36 meters)
- Beam: 67 feet (20.42 meters)
- Draft: 33 feet (10.06 meters)
- Displacement: 10,200 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 320
- Propulsion: 4 x gas turbines, 2 x shafts, 108,000 shp
- Range: 6,000 nautical miles (11,112 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
- Speed: 31.5 knots (58.34 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- Countermeasures:
- Armament:
- 1 x 5"/62-caliber Mk.45 mod 4 naval gun
- 2 x Mk.41 VLS (1 x 32-cell, 1 x 64-cell)
- 2 x Mk.141 AShM Launchers (fires Harpoon AShMs)
- 2 x 12.75" triple torpedo tubes (fires Mk.46/50/54 lightweight torpedoes)
- 1 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS
- 1 x Mk.49 SeaRAM Launcher
- 2 x 25mm autocannons
- Aircraft Carried: 2 x Stratford HF SH-60/84 maritime helicopters