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Kaliburg Shipyard completes first of 6 Ananto-Class Destroyers
Destroyer fleet completes Kalistani defense of Ananto Ocean
Kaliburg, Ananto
September 30, 4081


First Ananto-Class Destroyer launched from Kaliburg Shipyard.  The Destroyer will be the first of six commissioned by the Defense Ministry.

Completing the mission set in place under President of the Republic Simpson, the Defense Minister, Cpl. Gina White announced today that the first Ananto-Class Diesel Destroyer (OOC:  RL Equivalent Forrest Simpson Class).  The Destroyer, named the KRS-52, "Wolverine" displaces 2,800 tons empty and 4,500 tons fully loaded.  It features 3 3x5" Guns, 4 76mm guns, 2 50cal AA guns, and 6 torpedo tubes.  Max Speed of the ship is 32 Knots per hour, and its maximum cruising range is 4,500 nautical miles at 20 knots per hour.

The Defense Minister reported that 4 of the Ananto Class ships would be built over the next two years at the Shipyards, and then the remaining two in the order would be reconfigured for anti-submarine warfare. The main theater of operations for the Destroyers will be the Anantanese Ocean.  The Defense Minister stated,

"The addition of the Ananto Class destroyers to our fleet ensures Kalistan's continued preeminence in the Anantanese Ocean.  These ships are long overdue, long the dream of the Kalistani Standing Naval force.  This year, we make that dream a reality."

Kalistan's Navy has recently undergone significant modernization.  LAFA assets have been greatly updated and enhanced, and the first light carrier has been decommissioned, to be replaced by two newly constructed versions based on the same plans.  Additionally, a new audit of Naval assets was completed last year by the Defense Ministry.  Kalistan's naval footing is on firm ground, and it can now truely be said that Kalistan rules the waves.