Vigilant-Class Destroyer

Class overview
Name:	Vigilant-Class Destroyer
Builders:	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Operators:	Royal Apilonian Navy
Preceded by:	Paladin-Class Destroyer
Cost:	Approx. $1.2 billion
Built:	2004 - Present
In service:	2009 - Present
In commission:	2010 - Present
Planned:	48
Building:	18
Completed:	30
Active:	30
General characteristics
Type:	Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG)
Displacement:	10,720 Tonnes
Length:	168.4m (552 feet 6 inches)
Beam:	21.7m (71 feet 2 inches)
Draft:	7.9 m ( 25 feet 11 inches)
Propulsion:	list error: <br /> list (help); Integrated Electric Propulsion (IEP); 2x Royal Royce MT30 Gas Turbines; 2x 12V200 Diesel GEnerators, 2MW (2,700 shb each); RIM MilSys 420 Integrated ship power and propulsion system; 2x Electric Motors, 20MW (27,000 shp each); 2x Shafts;
Speed:	+32 kn
Range:	8,000 Nautical Miles
Complement:	Ship's Company: 225
Sensors and ; processing systems:	list error: <br /> list (help); 1x Type 1045 (SAMPSON) Multi-Function Air Search Radar; 1x Type 1046 (S1850M) 3D Air Surveillance Radar; 2x Type 1047 Surface Search Radar; 1x Type 1048 Navigation Radar; Series 2500 Gunfire Control Radar; MFS-7000 Sonar;
Armament:	list error: <br /> list (help); 2 x 155mm/52-caliber Mk.IV naval guns; 1 x 64-cell Mark-41 VLS; 1 x 48-cell Mark-41 VLS; 2 x 4-canister Broadsword AShM missile launchers; 2 x Oerlikon 30mm KCB guns; 6 x 12.7mm autocannons; 2 x 35mm Denel Systems Naval Defender CIWS ;
Aircraft carried:	2 x Westland AW159 Wildcat or 1 x AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin

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