VUS Cranic

The VUS Cranic is a museum ship and former El Kadsreian destroyer, it was laid down at Kadsreian Naval Yard on March 11th, 1968, and was commissioned on April 3rd, 1971.

Construction
The VUS Cranic was the second and last ship of the Ito Class of destroyers which consisted of the VUS Cranic and VUS Ito (named after Kato Ito) the Cranic was named after Fredrick Cranic who was a general during the Eight-Day War, the class's design was designed using the blueprints of the Kashin Class destroyers of the Soviet Union which were borrowed to the Vlokozu Union by the Soviets, the Cranic was laid down on March 11th, 1967 and was completed by February 17th, 1971.

Service
The VUS Cranic had a fairly uneventful service for the first couple years in service being only known for being the recovery vessel for Edwin Hade after his famous Brave I spaceflight.

Involvement in the Vlokozu annexation of Vicnora
On September 23rd, 1977, the Vlokozu Union invaded Vicnora, during the invasion, the VUS Ito and Cranic were going to destroy coastal battery's (cannons) across Vicnora as part of Operation Coast to Coast, during the attack the VUS Ito exploded following one of the battery's firing on its magazine detonating about five tons worth of TNT, the Ito erupted into flames and quickly sank thirty seconds to the starboard side, the VUS Cranic only found two survivors and had to quickly retreat having itself been damaged by the battery's and the explosion of the Ito, the Cranic was able to make it home and was sent in for repairs for the next eight months.

Vlokozuian Collision Incident
On May 1st, 1978, the VUS Cranic departed the Kadsreian Naval Yard to patrol the areas surrounding the Vlokozu Union, this included sailing close to the Farallon Islands, at about 7:00 AM on May the 3rd, the bridge crew noticed that their radar was actually set wrong, when they fixed it, they were horrified to see that they were actually about to ram the Francisco Lines cruise liner, the SS Torrance, the crew attempted to reverse at full speed however it was too late and the Cranic rammed into the Torrance, crushing the destroyer's bow but tearing open a massive hole in the Torrance later sinking it, the Cranic assisted in rescuing the survivors after finding the damage to only be minor flooding, the ship was sent back to the Kadsreian Naval Yard for repairs, which took six months.

1988 mutiny
On November 12, 1988, a group of seventeen crew members, led by second officer Gregory Horatio, mutinied and stormed the armory, stealing multiple weapons and storming the bridge, they wanted to sail back to the Vlokozu Union sooner due to a nearby tropical storm however the captain refused originally, the ship was taken without bloodshed and the VUS Cranic sailed back to the Union on November 14th where the mutineers were court martialed, this embarrassing incident was one of the multiple examples of incidents that would later result in the Dissolution of the Vlokozu Union.

Afterwards
Following the dissolution of the Vlokozu Union, the VUS Cranic was renamed the EKS Cranic and continued to serve in the El Kadsreian Navy until 2013, when it was finally retired and was mothballed until it was purchased by the El Kadsreian Maritime Museum in El Kadsre City, the EKS Cranic opened as a museum attraction in 2014 and is the museum's largest attraction.

Legacy
The EKS Cranic is remembered for its multiple incidents and has gained the nickname "The Rammer" and passing passenger liners often say over the radio "Don't ram us!" when sailing by the Cranic.