M-5433 Squalo

Country:  Italy

Class, [Type]: Agile, [MSO].

Builder: Tampa Marine Co., Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.

Launch date: 03 December 1956.

Commission date: 20 June 1957.

Decommission date: 03 October 2000.

Displacement ( tons ): 637, 735 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 52,7 x 10,4 x 4

Main machinery: 2 x General Motors diesels ( 1.600 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 14.

Range ( miles ): 3.000 at 10 knots.

Complement: 70.

Guns: 1 x 40mm.

Radar: Surface: 1 x SPS 53; Navigation: 1 x SPN-703.

Sonar: UQS-1.

Callsign: IGPR ()

Comment: Ex - MSO-518. Reclassified to patrol duties at the end of her career in 1990, and changed to P5433.

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