Dub

{{Quote|This is the destroyer Dub! We've been hit! We're sinking!|Dub crewman{Ref|AC5-M26-Chat|Radio chatter during Sea of Chaos, Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War. Recorded at Acecombat BBS MISSION 26 混迷の海. Retrieved February 7, 2017.}} The Dub was a Yuktobanian destroyer that served during the Circum-Pacific War. She, along with several other Yuktobanian warships, defected to the Kestrel Fleet in late December 2010 after the frigate Pitomnik disobeyed direct orders and was sunk by her countrymen.

History
The Dub was constructed sometime before 2010; her battle record prior to the Circum-Pacific War remains unknown. However, at some point, she became attached to a large Yuktobanian naval armada stationed in the Ceres Ocean.

On December 29, 2010, at 1721hrs, the Dub and its battle group encountered a small Osean fleet, which included the OFS Kestrel, and began making battle preparations. Yuktobania's prime minister, Seryozha Viktrovich Nikanor, who was aboard the Kestrel after being freed from captivity one week earlier, attempted to mollify his countrymen via the Kestrel's loudspeaker. However, the prime minister's conciliatory words were disregarded by the Yuktobanian fleet commander, who branded Nikanor a traitor for siding with the Oseans, and ordered his fleet to sink the Osean vessels along with Nikanor.

When the frigate Pitomnik refused to comply and was sunk by her own fleet, the captain of another destroyer—the Gumrak—announced his intentions to protect Nikanor and rallied other Yuktobanian vessels to follow him. The Dub's captain ordered his vessel to join the Gumrak and Chuda, which eluded hostile fire and assumed a battle formation several hundred meters ahead of the Osean fleet. Due to the efforts of Razgriz Squadron, the Dub and its new coalition fleet survived the engagement. She likely returned to service in the Yuktobanian Navy after the war's conclusion.

Trivia

 * The Russian word "dub" (Дуб) means "oak".
 * According to the Gumraks dialogue, the Japanese kanji for "missile destroyer" is "ミサイル駆逐艦". However, the kanji characters preceding the Dubs name are "駆逐艦", which solely translates to "destroyer". Therefore, the Dub was a standard destroyer and not a guided missile destroyer.