Maxin-Class Destroyer Escort

Fact Log

 * Class: Maxin
 * Type: Destroyer Escort
 * Preceded by: Ouscer-Class
 * Succeeded by: Umber-Class
 * Commissioned: (1939 - 1945)
 * Planned: 480
 * Completed: 453
 * Cancelled: 6
 * Active: 38
 * Retired: 387
 * Displacement: 1,812 tons
 * Length: 300 ft
 * Beam: 35 ft
 * Draft: 12 ft (at deep level)
 * Installed Power: 54,000 shp
 * Propulsion: 2 shafts, 4 Wilhelm-Superior Diesel Engines
 * Speed: 26 Knots
 * Range: 5,460 NMI
 * Complement: 142 - 186
 * Armament:
 * 3 x 4 in cannons
 * 2 x Celebra 40mm twin AA guns
 * 6 x Celebra 40mm quad AA guns
 * 2 x Depth Charge Rack
 * 2 x Quad SMM-12 Torpedo Launcher
 * 1 x Hedgehog

Ships in Class

 * M.I.S Constal (1939 - 1950) (Retired)
 * M.I.S Honors (1940 - 1954) (Retired)
 * M.I.S Espian (1942 - 1960) (Sold, Retired)
 * M.I.S Auctan (1943 - 1956) (Retired)
 * M.I.S Jonstain (1944 - 1967) (Sold, Sunk)
 * M.I.S Maxin (1941 - 1942) (Sunk)
 * Class leads listed only*

Overview
Designed and built for a simple purpose: protecting merchant shipping. The Maxin-Class was suprisingly good at its job. These little submarine hunters could dish out quiet a bit of damage dispite their small sizes.

The entire Maxin-Class is actually a combination of 5 different DE classes that were build during WWII by the Merick Isles Navy. At the end of the war all 5 classes were reclassified as the "Maxin-Class" in honors of the M.I.S Maxin, a 'Honors-Class' Destroyer Escort which single handledly fought off an entire wolf pack of submarines before sinking from damages inflicted by aircraft.