Ardent class destroyer

Ardent-class destroyer
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.

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 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

• North Point
  • North Point Sea Command