C-554 Caio Duilio

Country:  Italy

Class, [Type]: Andrea Doria, [CHG].

Builder: Navalmeccanica, Castellammare, Italy.

Launch date: 22 December 1962.

Commission date: 30 November 1964.

Decommission date: 15 November 1989.

Displacement ( tons ): 6.000 standard, 6.500 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 149,3 x 17,2 x 5

Main machinery: 4 x Foster Wheeler boilers, 2 x Ansaldo turbines ( 60.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 31.

Range ( miles ): 5.000 at 17 knots.

Complement: 470 ( 45 officers ).

Guns: 6 x OTO Melara 76mm/62 MMK.

Missiles:  SAM: GDC Standard SM-1ER.

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

Radar: Air: 1 x SPS-39A, 3D. 1 x SPS-40; Surface/Navigation: 1 x SPQ-2; Fire Control: 4 x RTN-10X.

Sonar: 1 x SQS-39, bow mounted, active search and attack modes. Medium frequency.

Countermeasures: Decoys: SCLAR, for flares/chaff.

Helicopter: 4 x Augusta Bell 212 (ASW).