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The '''Ardent class destroyer''' is a type of {{wp|guided missile destroyer}} designed and manufactured in [[North Point]].  Built as a replacement for the aging fleet of {{wp|Charles F. Adams class destroyer|Chevalier class destroyers}} currently in service, the Ardent class is the first escort ship in North Point service to utilize the {{wp|Aegis combat system}} designed in Praetonia.  They, along with the later and larger [[Association class destroyer]]s, provide fleet air defense for the [[North Point Sea Command]].  Eight ships are in active service, with seven more planned.
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The '''Ardent class destroyer''' is a type of {{wp|guided missile destroyer}} designed and manufactured in [[North Point]].  Built as a replacement for the aging fleet of {{wp|Charles F. Adams class destroyer|Chevalier class destroyers}} currently in service, the Ardent class is the first escort ship in North Point service to utilize the {{wp|Aegis combat system}} designed in Praetonia.  They, along with the later and larger [[Association class destroyer]]s, provide fleet air defense for the [[North Point Sea Command]].  Six ships are in active service, with five more planned.
  
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The Ardent class has seen significant action during the Questarian Rebellion, where the eight active ships sortied in support of Freeholder Navy and Praetonian formations.
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The Ardent class has seen significant action during the Questarian Rebellion, where the four active ships at the time sortied in support of Freeholder Navy and Praetonian formations.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 15:20, 22 February 2018

Ardent-class destroyer
DDG-11 Ardent 2007.png
Outboard profile of DDG-11 Ardent
Class overview
Name Ardent-class destroyer
Builders Sun Shipbuilding Corporation, North Point
Operators  North Point North Point Sea Command
Class before Chevalier-class
Class after Association-class
Planned 7
Built 8
Active 8
General Characteristics
Type Guided missile destroyer (DDG)
Displacement 5,800 tons (standard)
6,390 tons (full load)
Length 146.7 metres (481 ft)
Beam 18.6 metres (61 ft)
Draught 4.75 metres (15.6 ft)
Propulsion CODOG
2 x MacMillan LM2500 gas turbines
2 x Caterpillar 3600 diesel engines
2 shafts, 2 screws
Maneuvering unit
Speed 28.5 knots (52.8 km/h)
Range 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement 48 officers, 202 enlisted
Sensors Wentworth SPY-1D 3-D multifunction radar
Raytheon SPS-67(V)4 surface search radar
Raytheon DE1160 LF active and passive sonar
2 x ARIES navigation/surface search radar
2 x Raytheon SPG-62 Mk.99 radar illuminators
ECM 4 x FMC SRBOC Mk.36 flare launchers
SLQ-25A Enhanced Nixie torpedo countermeasures
Indra SLQ-380 EW suite
Armament 1 x 5"/54-caliber Mk.45 Mod.2 gun
1 x 48-cell Mk.41 vertical launch system
8 x RGM-94D Sea Lance anti-ship missiles
1 x RIM-116 rolling airframe missile launcher4 x 324mm Mk.32 Mod.9 double torpedo tubes with 12 Mk.46 Mod.5 torpedoes
2 x Oerlikon 20mm cannon
2 x Browning M2 .50-caliber machine gun
Aviation &
Flight Deck
Helicopters 1 x SH-2G Super SeaSprite

The Ardent class destroyer is a type of guided missile destroyer designed and manufactured in North Point. Built as a replacement for the aging fleet of Chevalier class destroyers currently in service, the Ardent class is the first escort ship in North Point service to utilize the Aegis combat system designed in Praetonia. They, along with the later and larger Association class destroyers, provide fleet air defense for the North Point Sea Command. Six ships are in active service, with five more planned.

The Ardent class has seen significant action during the Questarian Rebellion, where the four active ships at the time sortied in support of Freeholder Navy and Praetonian formations.

Development

People worked really hard to mount really big radars and missiles on a ship. Four original ships from "Flight I" completed by 2003; outbreak of Questarian Civil War leads to emergency order in 2014 for seven more "Flight IA" ships. Only DDG-19 and DDG-20 completed before Questarian Civil War ends, remaining five hulls laid down but construction paused.

Operational history

Anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare vs. Syndicalist fleet in the eastern Axackal during Questarian Civil War; Tomahawk strikes on Syndicalist positions inland; screening Praetonian/Tairendian landings at Baltimore; many shootdowns of hostile anti-ship missiles fired against Commonwealth naval forces.

DDG-14 Attacker damaged by P-14 Termit near-miss aft during screening operations in the Axackal Strait; returned to North Point for repairs and in service by 2015. DDG-12 Advancer credited with sinking one Syndicalist submarine during Operation Hard Tack.

List of ships

Hull number Name Commissioned Fate Disposal date
North PointNorth Point Sea Command
DDG-11 Ardent 2000 active N/A
DDG-12 Advancer 2000 active N/A
DDG-13 Alacrity 2001 active N/A
DDG-14 Attacker 2003 active N/A
DDG-19 Ambuscade 2015 active N/A
DDG-20 Active 2016 active N/A
DDG-21 Arrow 2020 planned N/A
DDG-22 Argonaut 2020 planned N/A
DDG-23 Aggressor 2020 planned N/A
DDG-24 Audacity 2020 planned N/A
DDG-25 Atlas 2020 planned N/A

Operators

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