USS Prudent
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USS Prudent (PG–96), originally ordered as HMS Privet, was an Action-class patrol gunboat in the United States Navy.
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Name | USS Prudent |
Builder | Morton Engine and Dry Dock Company, Ltd., Montreal, Quebec |
Laid down | 14 August 1942, as HMS Privet |
Launched | 4 December 1942 |
Commissioned | 16 August 1943, as USS Prudent |
Decommissioned | 11 October 1945 |
Stricken | 1 November 1945 |
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Italy | |
Name | Elbano |
Acquired | 1949 |
Decommissioned | 1970 |
Renamed | Staffetta, 1951 |
Fate | Stricken January 1972 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Action-class gunboat |
Displacement | 925 long tons (940 t) |
Length | 208 ft (63 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
Range | 7,300 nmi (13,500 km) |
Complement | 87 |
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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.