D-550 Ardito

Country:  Italy

Class, [Type]: Audace, [DDG].

Builder: Castellamare di Stabia, Italy.

Launch date: 27 November 1971.

Commission date: 05 December 1973.

Decommission date: 28 September 2006.

Displacement ( tons ): 3.600 light, 3.950 standard, 4.554 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 140,7 x 14,65 x 4,6

Main machinery: 4 x Foster-Wheeler boilers, 2 x sets geared steam turbines ( 73.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 33.

Range ( miles ): 4.000 at 25 knots.

Complement: 380 ( 30 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 127mm/54 OTO Melara Compact, 4 x 76mm/62 OTO Melara SuperRapid.

Missiles:  SSM: 8 x Teseo Mk 1 or Mk 2; SAM: 1 x Mk 13 Mod.4 launcher ( 40 x Standard SM-1 MR missiles ); 1 x Albatros system ( Aspide missiles ).

Torpedoes: 2 x triple 324mm Mk 32 Mod.5.

Radar: Navigation: 1 x SMA SPN-748; Air/Surface search: 1 x SMA SPQ-2D, 1 x AMS SPS-774 ( RAN-10S ), 1 x AMS SPS-768(V)3 ( RAN-3L ) early warning; 1 x Hughes SPS-52C, 3-D; Fire Control: 2 x Raytheon SPG-51C ( missiles ), 3 x AMS SPG-76 ( RTN-30X Dardo-E ).

Sonar: CWE-610A, hull-mounted, medium frequency.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x SCLAR decoy launchers, SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy system; ECM/ESM: SLR-4 (intercept), 3 x SLQ-B (jammers), 2 x SLQ-C (jammers).

Helicopter: 2 x AB-212.

Callsign: IARD ()

Similar units:

 D551 Audace