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Prudent (PG 96)
ex-HMS Privet (K 291)



Prudent call sign:
November - Delta - Papa - Whiskey


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 314 by the Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Co., Ltd., Quebec, Canada; Renamed HMS Privet (K 291); Launched, 4 December 1942; Aquired 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 Naval 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. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 900 t; Length 205'; Beam 33'; Draft 14' 7"; Speed 16.5k; Complement 90; Armament two 3"/50 gun mounts.


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