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USS Prudent (PG–96)
History
USS PrudentUnited States
NameUSS Prudent
BuilderMorton Engine and Dry Dock Company, Ltd., Montreal, Quebec
Laid down14 August 1942, as HMS Privet
Launched4 December 1942
Commissioned16 August 1943, as USS Prudent
Decommissioned11 October 1945
Stricken1 November 1945
Fate
  • Transferred to Maritime Commission, 22 September 1947
  • Sold to Italy, 1949
USS PrudentItaly
NameElbano
Acquired1949
Decommissioned1970
RenamedStaffetta, 1951
FateStricken January 1972
General characteristics
Class and typeAction-class gunboat
Displacement925 long tons (940 t)
Length208 ft (63 m)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Speed17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Range7,300 nmi (13,500 km)
Complement87
Armament
  • 2 × 3"/50 caliber guns (2×1)
  • 4 × 20 mm guns (4×1)
  • 3 × .30 caliber (7.62 mm) Browning machine guns (3×1)
  • 4 × K-gun depth charge projectors
  • 2 × depth charge tracks (20 depth charges per rack)
  • 1 × Hedgehog (added 1943)[1]

USS Prudent (PG–96), originally ordered as HMS Privet, was an Action-class patrol gunboat in the United States Navy.

Prudent was laid down by the Morton Engine and Dry Dock Company, Ltd., in Montreal, Quebec, on 14 August 1942; launched on 4 December 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Vincent Godfrey; delivered to the U.S. Navy on 14 August 1943; and commissioned on 16 August 1943.

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