A-5384 Alpino

Country:  Italy

Class, [Type]: Alpino, [MCS].

Builder: Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso, Italy.

Launch date: 10 June 1967.

Commission date: 14 January 1968.

Decommission date: 31 March 2006.

Displacement ( tons ): 2.400 standard, 2.700 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 113,3 x 13,3 x 3,9

Main machinery: CODAG: 2 x Metrovick gas turbines ( 15.000 hp ), 4 x Tosi OTV-320 diesels ( 16.800 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 20 diesel, 28 diesel and gas.

Range ( miles ): 3.500 at 18 knots.

Complement: 163 ( 13 officers ).

Guns: 6 x OTO Melara 76mm/62.

Torpedoes: 6 x 324mm US Mk 32 ( triple ) tubes. Honeywell Mk 46 torpdoes.

A/S Mortars: 1 x Whitehead K 113 automatic, 900m range.

Radar: Air search: RCA SPS 12, D band, 120km range; Surface Search: SMA SPS 702(V)3, I band; Navigation: SMA SPN 748, I band; Fire control: 2 x Selenia SPG 70 ( RTN 10X ), I/J bands.

Sonar: Raytheon DE 1164, hull mounted and VDS, active search and attack modes, medium frequency.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Breda 105mm SCLAR launchers for chaff and illuminants; ESM/ECM: Selenia SLQ 747, interceptor and jammer.

Helicopter: 1 x AB 212 ASW.

Callsign: IACF ()

Comment: Ex - Circe, Ex - F580 Alpino. Data presented is for the Frigate configuration. This ship has been reconverted to Diver and MCM support tasks, and renumbered as A5384. The process involved removal of the VDS and some other equipments.