Spitzer-class destroyer

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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: 26
Active: 26
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:
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:
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:

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 Santária, Siena at Valorica's Santária Yards and Valorica, Triessa at it's Valorica Shipbuilding, with the lead ship of the class named for Admiral Spitzer himself.

In 2030, the Cartadanian Navy unveiled its strategic blueprint, outlining the integration of the advanced Stellara-class destroyers to complement the existing Spitzer-class vessels. Distinguished by a longer profile, augmented displacement, and refined design, the Stellara-class employs a sleeker configuration with a more slender beam and reduced draft. Notably, these new additions incorporate certain shared technological advancements while also serving as the evolutionary step forward from the esteemed Spitzer class. The Spitzer class, rooted in the foundational technologies introduced during the laying of its inaugural ship in 2018, marked an enduring cornerstone that has propelled successive modernizations which have evolved into the now under construction Stellara.

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 In Service
Eloy Saldanha DDG-91 Santária Yards 2018 2019 2020 Amar, Porta Bianca In Service
Roque Rocha DDG-92 Valorica Shipbuilding 2020 2021 2022 Elentia, Alexandria In Service
Adrian Ferrón DDG-93 Santária Yards 2020 2021 2022 Amar, Porta Bianca In Service
Unai Pedrero DDG-94 Valorica Shipbuilding 2022 2023 2024 Lucent, Solemia In Service
Julia Cardenal DDG-95 Santária Yards 2024 2025 2026 est. Laaula, Lotoa In Service
Almeida DDG-96 Valorica Shipbuilding 2024 2025 2026 est. Hamal, U.A.E. In Service
Balbina Cerqueira DDG-97 Santária Yards 2026 2027 2028 Laaula, Lotoa In Service
Prospero Canpos DDG-98 Valorica Shipbuilding 2026 2027 2028 In Service
Garcia Pençe DDG-99 Santária Yards 2026 2027 2028 In Service
Bastian Saiavedra DDG-100 Valorica Shipbuilding 2026 2027 2028 In Service
Clodio Ferannez DDG-101 Santária Yards 2027 2028 2029 In Service
Martinho Vaáz DDG-102 Valorica Shipbuilding 2027 2028 2029 In Service
Demiana Pençe DDG-103 Santária Yards 2027 2028 2029 In Service
Ines Perdigoa DDG-104 Valorica Shipbuilding 2027 2028 2029 In Service
Tareja Alvym DDG-105 Santária Yards 2028 2029 2030 In Service
Vitoria Perestela DDG-106 Valorica Shipbuilding 2028 2029 2030 In Service
Johan Pinheyra DDG-107 Santária Yards 2028 2029 2030 In Service
Gabriel Gosmão DDG-108 Valorica Shipbuilding 2028 2029 2030 In Service
Sagramor Luçena DDG-109 Santária Yards 2029 2030 2031 In Service
Aleixo Pirez DDG-110 Valorica Shipbuilding 2029 2030 2031 In Service
Adro Faria DDG-111 Santária Yards 2029 2030 2031 In Service

Design

See also