VITTORIO VENETO C-550 (It.)

[D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen]

Built in 1965-’69 by Navy Yard Castellamare di Stabia for the Italian Navy.
Cruiser, Displacement:7500/8850 tons, L:179,60m. B:19,42m. draft:6m. 4 Ansaldo-Foster-Wheeler boilers, 2Tosi turbines:73,000 hp. 2 shafts, 32 kn. Armament:
1 launcher TERRIER + ASROC , 1 TESEO missile system with 4 launchers , 8-76/62 MMI guns , 3 DART anti-missile systems with twin 40/70 machine-gun , 2 light torpedo MK 32 triple A7S torpedo, 1-105 milimeter SCLAR rocket launcher, 6 helicopters Augusta AB-212 A/S, crew:53 officers + 504 sailors.
Decommissioned in 2003, she will become a museum ship in Taranto harbour.
(Lesotho 1999, 4 M StG.?)
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