F-545 Airone

Country:  Italy

Class, [Type]: Albatros, [PF].

Builder: Navalmeccanica, Castellamare di Stabia, Italy.

Launch date: 21 November 1954.

Commission date: 29 December 1955.

Decommission date: 1991.

Displacement ( tons ): 800 standard, 950 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 76,3 x 9,6 x 2,8

Main machinery: 4 x Fiat M409 diesels ( 5.200 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 20.

Range ( miles ): 3.000 at 18 knots, 8.410 at 10 knots.

Complement: 117.

Guns: 2 x Oto-Melara SMP3 76mm/62 ( replaced later by 2 x 40mm/70 Bofors guns ).

Torpedoes: 6 x 324mm tubes ( 2 x Mk32 launchers ).

Military lift: 95tm fuel.

Radar: Surface/Navigation: 1 x SMA/SPQ-2.

Sonar: QCU-2.

Comment: ex - USS PC 1921.

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