Spitzer-class destroyer

NMC Spitzer
Class overview
Name:	Spitzer class
Builders:	Valorica Marine
Operators:	Cartadanian Navy
Preceded by:	César Padrón class
Cost:	DDG-90 - DDG-93: ₹1.9 billion *DDG-94+: ₹1.7 billion
Planned:	26
Completed:	5
Active:	4
General characteristics
Type:	Guided missile destroyer
Displacement:	9,700 tonnes (9,500 long tons)
Length:	152.4 m (500 ft)
Beam:	21.2 m (69 ft 7 in)
Draught:	7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
Installed power:	Electrical: 4 x Bia G7 diesel engines, Hitzinger generator units, 800 kW each
Propulsion:	4 × Ganymede MT8X 24-megawatt (32,000 bhp) gas turbines; 2 x Meredith 4MX12J 7-megawatt (9,400 bhp) diesel engines, 4 Dantas waterjets
Speed:	In excess of 50 kn (93 km/h; 58 mph)
Range:	In excess of 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement:	265 (accommodation for up to 320)
Sensors and processing systems:	ATLAS X multi-function air tracking radar ATLAS M 3-D air surveillance radar Angelico Integrated Bridge and Navigation System 2 × Allocca ADAHRS INS (MINS 2) 2 × Allocca I-band Radar 1 × Allocca E/F-band Radar Shockwave Industrial NTS Electro-Optical Gun Control System (EOGCS) Shockwave Industrial SML Technologies radar tracking system Shockwave Industrial/QSI MFS-7000 sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys:	Shockwave Industrial AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare System MSQ-A Enhanced Cypher torpedo countermeasures Angelico Midge Mk36 Decoy Launching System MK 53 Velox Decoy Launching System AN/SLQ-39 CHAFF Buoys SEQ-9 MEDUSA laser weapon system (DDG90-93)
Armament:	1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk. 45 Mod 4 (lightweight gun) 1 × 20 mm Tercio CIWS 2 × 25 mm M220 Diamondback chain gun Missiles: 96-cell Mk. 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile RIM-66M Surface-to-Air Missile with an ASuW mode RIM-161 Anti-Ballistic Missile RIM-162 ESSM quadpacked configuration RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC RIM-174A Standard ERAM Torpedoes: 2 × 12.75 inches (324 mm) O'Shea torpedo tubes: Xira Mark 46 torpedo Xira Mark 50 torpedo Xira Mark 54 Lightweight Torpedo
Aircraft carried:	1 × SH-60 Hobby, armed with: 4 × Hydra anti ship missiles (from 2025), or 2 × Nettles anti submarine torpedoes, or 20 × Martlet multirole air-surface missiles (from 2021) Mk 11 depth charges
Aviation facilities:	Linaca capable flight deck Enclosed hangar

The Spitzer class of guided missile destroyers (DDGs) is a Cartadanian Navy class of destroyer built around the Prometheus combat system and the ATLAS multi-function active electronically scanned array radar. The class is named for Admiral Uriah Spitzer, a Cartadanian destroyer officer during the Second Great War. The vessels were built by Cartadanian shipbuilder Valorica Marine between Santaria, Siena at Valorica's Santaria Yards and Valorica, Triessa at it's Valorica Shipbuilding, with the lead ship of the class named for Admiral Spitzer himself.

Development

Development of the Spitzer-class destroyers started in 2008 when the Department of the Navy was considering phasing out the César Padrón-class destroyer in favor of a newer, multi-mission destroyer. It primarily came to fruition due to a multitude of factors, including increased tensions between Cartadania and Varshan, mechanical failures on the César Padrón, and increasingly obsolete technology. Originally, the Department of the Navy planned to replace the destroyers with cruisers, but the SECDEF urged the Department of the Navy to maintain the destroyer classification with expanded roles. The navy signed a contract with Valorica Marine, a major shipbuilder headquartered in the state of Triessa, and after Trinity Iron Works pulled out of the contract negotiations, Valorica became the sole contractor. The project is developed and provided along with partner corporations, including Angelico and its other subsidiaries (e.g., Allocca), energy solutions manufacturers Bia and Ganymede, defense contractor Xira, as well as QSI-susidiaries O'Shea Corporation and Shockwave Industrial. It has been built alongside the Pelaxian Navy's Hugo Charpantier-class frigate.

Ships in class

Name	Hull Number	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Commissioned	Homeport	Status
Spitzer	DDG-90	Valorica Shipbuilding	2018	2019	2020	Elentia, Alexandria	Active
Eloy Saldanha	DDG-91	Santaria Yards	2018	2019	2020	Amar, Porta Bianca	Active
Roque Rocha	DDG-92	Valorica Shipbuilding	2020	2021	2022	Elentia, Alexandria	Active
Adrian Ferrón	DDG-93	Santaria Yards	2020	2021	2022	Amar, Porta Bianca	Active
Unai Pedrero	DDG-94	Valorica Shipbuilding	2022	2023	2024	Lucent, Solemia	Sea trials
Julia Cardenal	DDG-95	Santaria Yards	2024	2025	2026 est.	Laaula, Lotoa	Launched
Almeida	DDG-96	Valorica Shipbuilding	2024	2025	2026 est.	Hamal, U.A.E.	Launched
Balbina Cerqueira	DDG-97	Santaria Yards	20XX est.	20XX est.	20XX est.	Laaula, Lotoa	Approved for construction
TBD	DDG-98	Valorica Shipbuilding	20XX est.	20XX est.	20XX est.		Approved for construction
TBD	DDG-99	Santaria Yards	20XX est.	20XX est.	20XX est.		Approved for construction
TBD	DDG-100	Valorica Shipbuilding	20XX est.	20XX est.	20XX est.		Approved for construction
TBD	DDG-101	Santaria Yards	20XX est.	20XX est.	20XX est.		Approved for construction
TBD	DDG-102	Valorica Shipbuilding	20XX est.	20XX est.	20XX est.		Approved for construction
TBD	DDG-103	Santaria Yards	20XX est.	20XX est.	20XX est.		Approved for construction
TBD	DDG-104	Valorica Shipbuilding	20XX est.	20XX est.	20XX est.		Approved for construction
TBD	DDG-105	Santaria Yards	20XX est.	20XX est.	20XX est.		Approved for construction
TBD	DDG-106	Valorica Shipbuilding	20XX est.	20XX est.	20XX est.		Approved for construction
TBD	DDG-107	Santaria Yards	20XX est.	20XX est.	20XX est.		Approved for construction
TBD	DDG-108	Valorica Shipbuilding	20XX est.	20XX est.	20XX est.		Approved for construction
TBD	DDG-109	Santaria Yards	20XX est.	20XX est.	20XX est.		Approved for construction
TBD	DDG-110	Valorica Shipbuilding	20XX est.	20XX est.	20XX est.		Approved for construction
TBD	DDG-111	Santaria Yards	20XX est.	20XX est.	20XX est.		Approved for construction