Miles Prower Heavy Destroyer

This article is about the S.H Navy Destroyer, for the Rear Admiral, see Miles Prower

A blueprint of a Miles Prower Heavy Destroyer.

The Miles Prower class of Guided Missile & AEGIS Ballistic Defense destroyers entered service in 2004, The Miles Prower class is up-gunned and with more missile launch and detection capabilities then its parent class, the Buena Vista Class of destroyers, Named after the lead ship of the class, Miles Prower, The ships where originally intended to be named after the lead ship, which was intended to be named Defiance, but after a successful write-in campaign by Matthews Sound residents the name was changed in honor of Rear Adm. Miles Prower.

The Miles Prower line of destroyers are replacing the McCloud Class Cruiser, which are being phased out of service.

Armament

The Miles Prower line of destroyers has the following armament;

   2 × 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems containing
   122 × mix of:
       RIM-66M-5 Standard SM-2MR Block IIIB
       RIM-156A SM-2ER Block IV
       RIM-161 SM-3
       RIM-162A ESSM
       RIM-174A Standard ERAM
       BGM-109 Tomahawk
       RUM-139A VL-ASROC
   8 × RGM-84 Harpoon missiles
   2 × Mk 45 Mod 2 5-in/54-cal lightweight gun
   4 × 25 mm Mk 38 gun
   2–4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) gun
   2 x Phalanx Block 1B

AEGIS

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A diagram of a Miles Prower destroyer with AEGIS

All Miles Prower destroyers are equipped with AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense systems, whereas the system is only found on Flight IIA+ Buena Vista destroyers.

AEGIS enables the line of ships to multi-task; anti-air, naval gunfire support, cruise missile interception, anti-ship activites, and even ballistic missile defense are all within the Miles Prowers line of work.

Operators

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Ships in class

Name	Number	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Home port	Status
Miles Prower	DDH-95	Matthews Sound Shipbuilding	25 June 2003	11 December 2004	Naval Base Matthews	Active
Bainbridge	DDH-96	Matthews Sound Shipbuilding	13 November 2004	12 November 2005	Naval Base Matthews	Active
Halsey	DDH-97	Matthews Sound Shipbuilding	9 January 2004	30 July 2005	Naval Station West Elizabeth	Active
Piedmont	DDH-98	Matthews Sound Shipbuilding	2 October 2004	28 January 2006	Naval Base Matthews	Active
Charlotte	DDH-99	Matthews Sound Shipbuilding	23 July 2005	10 June 2006	Naval Base Matthews	Active
Josiah Bartlet	DDH-100	Matthews Sound Shipbuilding	22 January 2005	9 June 2007	Naval Base McKeesport	Active
Gridley	DDG-101	Matthews Sound Shipbuilding	28 December 2005	10 February 2007	Naval Base McKeesport	Active
Sampson	DDH-102	Matthews Sound Shipbuilding	16 September 2006	3 November 2007	Naval Base McKeesport	Active
Truxtun	DDH-103	Matthews Sound Shipbuilding	2 June 2007	25 April 2009	Naval Base Matthews]	Active
Sterett	DDH-104	Matthews Sound Shipbuilding	19 May 2007	9 August 2008	Naval Base McKeesport	Active
Dewey Cox	DDH-105	Matthews Sound Shipbuilding	26 January 2008	6 March 2010	Naval Base McKeesport	Active
Stockpile	DDH-106	Matthews Sound Shipbuilding	10 May 2008	18 April 2009	Naval Base McKeesport	Active
Gravy	DDH-107	Matthews Sound Shipbuilding	30 March 2009	20 November 2010	Naval Base Matthews	Active
Barney	DDH-108	Matthews Sound Shipbuilding	18 October 2008	10 October 2009	Naval Base McKeesport	Active
Elmo	DDH-109	Matthews Sound Shipbuilding	1 August 2009	13 November 2010	Naval Base Matthews	Active
Knuckles	DDH-110	Matthews Sound Shipbuilding	15 December 2009	4 June 2011	Naval Base McKeesport	Active
Honor	DDH-111	Matthews Sound Shipbuilding	6 June 2010	1 October 2011	Naval Base McKeesport	Active
Capital	DDH-112	Matthews Sound Shipbuilding	7 May 2011	6 October 2012	Naval Station West Elizabeth	Active