Vigilant class destroyer

The APNS Vigilant (DD-963) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on June 11th, 2004.

The Vigilant-class destroyer were a class of multirole destroyer was developed by the UAPR to replace a large number of World War II-built Allen M. Summer and Gearing-class destroyers, and was the primary destroyer built for the U.S. Navy during the 1970s. Both the Superb and Crown Point-class ships are based on the Vigilant-class design. The Vigilant class was the first American destroyer class to break with the tradition of naming destroyers after important military figures, a tradition carried over from the pre-Second American Civil War US Navy.

Serving for three decades, the Vigilant-class was designed to escort a carrier group with a primary ASW mission. First commissioned in 1975, the class was designed with gas-turbine propulsion, all-digital weapons systems, automated 5-inch guns and Tomahawk cruise missiles. A few nations including Argentina, East Japan, Iran, Mexico and Peru have license built their own Vigilant-class destroyers.

The Vigilant class are the OTL Spruance-class destroyers.

Specifications

• Role: Destroyer (Hull designation symbol DD)
• Service Period: 1975-2005
• Dimensions
  • Length: 564.3 feet (172 meters)
  • Beam: 55.1 feet (16.8 meters)
  • Draught: 28.9 feet (8.8 meters)
  • Displacement: 9,200 tons
• Crew Complement: 334 (19 officers and 315 enlisted)
• Propulsion: 4 x Gas Turbines, 2 x shafts
• 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: 32.5 Knots (37.4 Miles/Hour; 60.19 Kilometers/Hour)
• Sensor Suite
  • AN/SPQ-9 Gunfire Control Radar
  • AN/SQR-19 Towed Array Passive Sonar
  • AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar
  • AN/SQS-53 Bow Mounted Active Sonar
  • AN/SPS-55 Surface Search Radar
  • AN/SPG-60 Fire Control Radar
• Electronic Warfare and Countermeasures
  • AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures
  • AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite
  • AN/SLQ-49 Inflatable Decoys
  • Mark 36 SRBOC Decoy Launcing System
• Armament
  • 1 x 5"/54-caliber Mk.45 Mod 0/1/2 lightweight naval gun
  • 1 x 8-cell ASROC Missile Launcher (fires RUR-5 ASROC ASW Missiles)
  • 2 x 4-cell Mk.141 Harpoon MIssile Launcher (fires UGM-84 Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles)
  • 1 x 8-cell Mk.29 Sea Sparrow Missile Launcher (fires RIM-7 Sea Sparrow Missiles)
  • 1 x 21-cell Mk.49 Rolling Airframe Missile Launcher (fires RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles)
  • 1 x 64-cell Mk.41 (fires UGM-109 Tomahawk and RUM-139 VL-ASROC)
  • 2 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS Block 1B
  • 2 x Mark 32 12.75" triple fire torpedo tubes (fires Mark 46 Torpedoes)
• Aircraft Carried: 2 x Stratford HF MH-60/08r Oceanhawk

Unit Run

American People's Navy

The Vigilant-class destroyer APNS Legendary (DD-987) encounters a Soviet Sovremenny-class destroyer, the Rastoropny (400).

• APNS Vigilant (DD-963)
• APNS Energetic (DD-964)
• APNS Courageous (DD-965)
• APNS Fury (DD-966)
• APNS Burning (DD-967)
• APNS Wrathful (DD-968)
• APNS Elusive (DD-969)
• APNS Unrestrainable (DD-970)
• APNS Rapid (DD-971)
• APNS Modest (DD-972)
• APNS Indestructible (DD-973)
• APNS Persistent (DD-973)
• APNS Resourceful (DD-974)
• APNS Inspiring (DD-975)
• APNS Harsh (DD-976)
• APNS Dauntless (DD-977)
• APNS Ambitious (DD-978)
• APNS Sharp (DD-979)
• APNS Clear (DD-980)
• APNS Expressive (DD-981)
• APNS Circumspect (DD-982)
• APNS Prompt (DD-983)
• APNS Striking (DD-984)
• APNS Fierce (DD-985)
• APNS Virtuous (DD-986)
• APNS Legendary (DD-987)
• APNS Accurate (DD-988)
• APNS Radiant (DD-989)
• APNS Chivalrous (DD-990)
• APNS Oppurtune (DD-991)
• APNS Swift (DD-992)
• APNS Noble (DD-993)
• APNS Brilliant (DD-994)
• APNS Diamond (DD-995)
• APNS Crescent (DD-996)
• APNS Lightning (DD-997)
• APNS Active (DD-998)

Argentine People's Armada

• ARA Hercules (DDG-28)
• ARA Santsima Trinidad (DDG-29)
• ARA Drummond (DDG-30)
• ARA Guerrico (DDG-31)
• ARA Granville (DDG-32)

Japanese People's Naval Self-Defense Force

• JPS Kotetsu (DDG-15)
• JPS Azuma (DDG-16)
• JSP Chinen (DDG-17)
• JPS Fuji (DDG-18)
• JPS Yashima (DDG-19)
• JPS Shikishima (DDG-20)
• JPS Hatsuse (DDG-21)
• JPS Asahi (DDG-22)

Mexican Navy

• ARM Pico de Orizaba (DDG-121)
• ARM Iztaccihuatl (DDG-122)
• ARM Jocotitlan (DDG-123)
• ARM Colima (DDG-124)
• ARM Matlalcueitl (DDG-125)
• ARM Popocatepetl (DDG-126)

Peruvian Navy

• BAP Castilla (DDG-75)
• BAP Guise (DDG-76)
• BAP Villar (DDG-77)
• BAP Galvez (DDG-78)
• BAP Diez Canseco (DDG-79)
• BAP García y García (DDG-80)

Republic of Iran Navy

• RIS Unnamed (D22)
• RIS Unnamed (D23)
• RIS Unnamed (D24)
• RIS Unnamed (D25)
• RIS Unnamed (D26)
• RIS Unnamed (D27)