Impetuoso-class destroyer

The Impetuoso class were the first post-World War II destroyers built for the Italian Navy. The hull design was based on the uncompleted Comandante-class destroyers but American equipment (guns, radar, machinery) was used. A scheme to install guided missiles during a modernisation programme was proposed but not carried out. The two ships were ordered in 1952, entered service in 1957 and were retired in the early 1980s.

Impetuoso alongside USS Kalamazoo in the Mediterranean Sea in June 1977
Class overview
Name: Impetuoso class
Operators:  Italian Navy
Preceded by:
Succeeded by: Impavido class
Built: 1952–1955
In service: 1955–1983
In commission: 1958–1983
Completed: 2
Retired: 2
General characteristics
Type: Destroyer
Displacement:
  • 2,775 tons standard
  • 3,810 tons full load
Length: 127.6 m (418 ft 8 in)
Beam: 13.2 m (43 ft 4 in)
Draught: 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion:
  • 2 shaft geared turbines
  • 4 × Foster Wheeler boilers providing 65,000 hp (48,000 kW)
Speed: 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range: 3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement: 315
Armament:

Ships
Name Pennant
number		 Builder Commissioned Fate
Impetuoso D 558 CNR Riva Trigoso 25 January 1958 Decommissioned 1983
Indomito D 559 Ansaldo, Livorno 23 February 1958 Decommissioned 1980
Aft view of Impetuoso in May 1977.
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