C-550 Vittorio Veneto

Country:  Italy

Class, [Type]: Vittorio Veneto, [CHG].

Builder: Italcantieri, Castellammare, Italy.

Launch date: 05 February 1967.

Commission date: 12 July 1969.

Decommission date: 29 June 2006.

Displacement ( tons ): 7.500 standard, 9.500 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 179,6 x 19,4 x 6

Main machinery: 4 x Foster Wheeler boilers, 2 x Tosi turbines.

Speed ( knots ): 32.

Range ( miles ): 5.000 at 17 knots.

Complement: 557 ( 53 officers ).

Guns: 8 x OTO Melara 76mm/62 MMK, 6 x Breda 40mm/70.

Missiles:  SSM: 4 x OTO Melara Teseo Mk2 (TG 2); SAM: GDC Pomona Standard SM-1ER; Aster twin Mk 10 Mod 9 launcher; A/S: Honeywell ASROC launcher.

Torpedoes: 6 x 324mm tubes, in two triple Mk 32 mountings. Honeywell Mk 46.

Radar: Air: Hughes SPS-52C, 3D, E/F bands, 440km range. Selenia SPS-768 (RAN 3L), D band, 220km range; Surface: SMA SPS-702, I band; Navigation: SMA SPS-748, I band, 73km range; Fire Control: 4 x Selenia SPG-70G (RTX 10X), I/J bands; 2 x Selenia SPG-74 (RTN 20X), I/J bands; 2 x Sperry/RCA SPG 55C, G/H bands (Standard).

Sonar: Sangamo SQS-23G, bow mounted, active search and attack modes. Medium frequency.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Breda SCLAR, for chaff. SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy.

Helicopter: 6 x Augusta Bell 212 (ASW).

Callsign: IAJV ()

Comment: Paid off into reserve at Taranto on 12th October 2003.