The Bazan-class frigate has seen wide usage in the MESS as a heavy frigate/light destroyer. It utilizes the same radar as the heavier Lau-class destroyer, on a hull about 60% the size.
Characteristics[]
- Displacement: 6000 tons (standard load)
- Length: 482 feet
- Beam: 61 feet
- Draft: 15.5 feet
- Speed: 28+ knots
- Range: 4500 nautical miles
- Propulsion: CODAG: 2x LM2500 gas turbines, 2x Caterpiller 3600 diesel
Armament[]
- 48 cells Mk 41 VLS
- 1x Millenium CIWS
- 1x Mk45 5in/62 gun
- 2x Mk 32 Triple Torpedo Tubes
- 2x 20mm automatic cannon
- 1x MH-60R ASW helicopter
- Remote Minehunting System
EW & Decoys[]
- SLQ-32(V)3 EW system
- Mk53 SRBOC/NULKA launchers
- AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy
Electronics[]
- AEGIS battle management system
- AN/SPY-1D radar
- AN/SPS-67(V)2 Surface Search Radar
- AN/SPS-64(V)9
- 2x AN/SPG-62 missile directors
- AN/SQS-53D active sonar
- AN/SQR-19 TACTAS passive sonar
- AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III shipboard system
Operators[]
- Canissian Royal Navy as Bazan-class (F100)
- Imperial Byzantine Navy as Decurion-class
- Langley Navy as Arcueid Brunestud-class (FFG-7)
- Shinra Republic Navy as Fortuna-class (FFG-885)
- Tian Xia Navy as Smith-class (FG-40)
- Wilkonian Imperial Navy as Mila Kunis-class (FFG-104)
- Old Dominion Navy as Chickahominy-class