Artigliere-class destroyer

	Artigliere
Class overview
Name	Artigliere class
Builders	Union Iron Works; Boston Navy Yard;
Operators	Italian Navy
Preceded by	Soldati class
Succeeded by	Fante class
Subclasses	Benson class; Gleaves class;
Built	1939-1941
In commission	1951-1975
Planned	2
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	(Artigliere):; 1,620 long tons (1,646 t) ; (Aviere):; 2,500 long tons (2,540 t);
Length	(Artigliere):; 347 ft 9 in (105.99 m); (Aviere):; 376.5 ft (114.8 m);
Beam	36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
Draft	(Artigliere):; 17.4 ft 8 in (5.51 m); (Aviere):; 13 ft 2 in (4.01 m);
Propulsion	4 × boilers, 50,000 shp (37 MW); 2 × screws;
Speed	(Artigliere):; 37.6 knots (69.6 km/h; 43.3 mph); (Aviere):; 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph);
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	276
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 × AN/SPS-6 air-search radar; 1 × AN/SPS-10 surface-search radar; 1 × Mark 37 Director;
Armament	4 × single 5"/38 cal guns; 4 × twin 40 mm bofors; 2 × single 40 mm bofors; 2 × Depth charge tracks;

The Artigliere class was a class of two destroyers of the Italian Navy. They entered service in 1951, with the last one being decommissioned in 1975.

History

The Artigliere-class destroyers consisted of two former United States Navy destroyers, purchased by the Italian Navy in 1951 as part of its post-war reconstruction phase. These were the Benson class USS Woodworth, which became Artigliere,^[1] and the Gleaves class USS Nicholson, which became Aviere.^[2] Although they were from two different US Navy classes, they had the same general characteristics, so much so that the class is often identified as the Livermore class.

The two ships of the class entered service together with the Aldebaran-class frigates as part of a naval upgrade program started in 1950, and although they dated back to the early 1940s, their four 127/38mm guns enhanced the artillery component of the Italian Navy. Surface naval vessels of the Italian Navy, at the same time were increasing their anti-aircraft capabilities. Along with weapons, the new electronic equipment for firing direction and air-naval surveillance also represented the starting point for personnel training on new generation systems that would later be adopted in a more widespread and generalized way.

Ships in the class

Pennant	Name	Builders	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned
D 553	Artigliere	Union Iron Works	30 April 1941	29 November 1941	1951	1971
D 554	Aviere	Boston Navy Yard	20 July 1942	31 July 1943	1951	1975

References

^ "Navi e Armatori - Approdi di Passione". www.naviearmatori.net. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
^ "Navi e Armatori - Approdi di Passione". www.naviearmatori.net. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

[1] "Navi e Armatori - Approdi di Passione". www.naviearmatori.net. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

[2] "Navi e Armatori - Approdi di Passione". www.naviearmatori.net. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

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v t e Italian destroyers, frigates and corvette classes post-1945
Destroyers	Nicoloso da Recco (Navigatori) Grecale (Maestrale) Soldati Artigliere San Giorgio Impetuoso Impavido Fante Audace Durand de la Penne Orizzonte
Frigates	Aldebaran Centauro Bergamini Alpino Lupo Maestrale Soldati Orizzonte Bergamini
Corvettes	Antilope Gabbiano Alabarda Aldebaran Albatros Sentinella Pietro de Cristofaro Minerva

v t e Ship classes of the Italian Navy
Aircraft carriers	Cavour^S Giuseppe Garibaldi^S
Amphibious ships	San Giorgio class LCM62 class MTM217 class MTP96 class
Destroyers	Nicoloso da Recco (Navigatori class)^C Grecale (Maestrale class)^C Granatiere (Soldati class)^C Artigliere class (Benson/Gleaves class)^X Fante class (Fletcher class)^X San Giorgio class Impetuoso class Impavido class Audace class Durand de la Penne class
Frigates	Aldebaran class (Cannon class)^X Centauro class Bergamini class Alpino class Lupo class Maestrale class Soldati class Orizzonte class Bergamini class
Corvettes	Antilope class Gabbiano class^C Alabarda^S Albatros class Sentinella^S Pietro De Cristofaro class Minerva class
Patrol boats	Comandanti class Cassiopea class Sirio class Esploratore class Thaon di Revel class
Submarines	Enrico Tazzoli class (Gato class)^X Evangelista Torricelli class (Balao class)^X Gianfranco Gazzana-Priaroggia class (Tench class)^X Livio Piomarta class (Tang class)^X Marconi class Toti class Sauro class Todaro (Type 212)^X SRV-300^S
Minesweepers	Gaeta class Lerici class
Auxiliary ships	Etna class Stromboli class Anteo^S Marino class Elettra^S Alliance^S Leonardo^S Ammiraglio Magnaghi^S Ninfe class Rossetti class Simeto class Bormida^S Panarea class Gorgona class Ponza class GGS 1012 class Atlante class Ciclope class RP 101 class RP 113 class RP 118 class Ercole^S Porto class Cheradi^S Argo^S
Training ships	Amerigo Vespucci Palinuro Italia Orsa Maggiore Caroly Capricia Stella Polare Corsaro II
Floating dry docks	GO 59 GO 58 GO 55 GO 52 GO 22 GO 20 GO 11
Future ships	LHD Trieste PPA LSS Vulcano Cabrini class (UNPAV) USSP UIOM DDX
S Single ship of class C Served in World War II X Imported