USS Prudent

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History
United States
Name	USS Prudent
Builder	Morton Engine and Dry Dock Company, Ltd., Montreal, Quebec
Laid down	14 August 1942, as HMS Privet
Launched	4 December 1942
Commissioned	16 August 1943, as USS Prudent
Decommissioned	11 October 1945
Stricken	1 November 1945
Fate	Transferred to Maritime Commission, 22 September 1947 Sold to Italy, 1949
Italy
Name	Elbano
Acquired	1949
Decommissioned	1970
Renamed	Staffetta, 1951
Fate	Stricken January 1972
General characteristics
Class and type	Action-class gunboat
Displacement	925 long tons (940 t)
Length	208 ft (63 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Range	7,300 nmi (13,500 km)
Complement	87
Armament	2 × 3"/50 caliber guns (2×1) 4 × 20 mm guns (4×1) 3 × .30 caliber (7.62 mm) Browning machine guns (3×1) 4 × K-gun depth charge projectors 2 × depth charge tracks (20 depth charges per rack) 1 × Hedgehog (added 1943)[1]

USS Prudent (PG–96), originally ordered as HMS Privet, was an Action-class patrol gunboat in the United States Navy.

Prudent was laid down by the Morton Engine and Dry Dock Company, Ltd., in Montreal, Quebec, on 14 August 1942; launched on 4 December 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Vincent Godfrey; delivered to the U.S. Navy on 14 August 1943; and commissioned on 16 August 1943.