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Prudent (PG 96)



Prudent call sign:
Nan - Dog - Peter - William

ex-HMS Privet (K 291)


Prudent served the Navies of the United States and Italy.
British Flower Class Corvette/Action Class Patrol Gunboat: Laid down 14 August 1942 as Canadian hull CN-314 by the Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Co., Ltd., Quebec, Canada; Named HMS Privet (K 291); Launched, 4 December 1942; Acquired by the U.S. Navy 14 August 1943; Commissioned USS Prudent (PG-96), 16 August 1943 at Quebec; Decommissioned 11 October 1945 at Charleston, SC; Struck from the Navy Register 1 November 1945; Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 22 September 1947 for disposal; Sold to the Italian Cameli group in 1949 and renamed Elbano; Resold by the Cameli group to the Italian Navy; Converted by the Italian Navy in 1951 to a hydrographic survey vessel and renamed Staffetta; Discarded in 1970.

Specifications: Displacement 1,375 t; Length 205'; Beam 33'; Draft 14' 7"; Speed 16.5k; Complement 90; Armament two 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts; Propulsion two 3-drum express boilers, 2,750shp Vertical triple expansion reciprocating engine, one shaft.

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USS Prudent (PG 96)
Prudent 87k 6 April 1943 -
Survey Ship Staffetta
Prudent 34k c. 1968 Robert Hurst
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