Impetuoso-class destroyer
{{Short description|Italian Navy ship class}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= Italian destroyer Impetuoso (D558) comes alongside USS Kalamazoo (AOR-6) in the Mediterranean Sea, in June 1977.jpg |Ship caption=Impetuoso alongside {{USS|Kalamazoo|AOR-6|6}} in the Mediterranean Sea in June 1977 }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Name=Impetuoso class |Builders=*Cantiere navale di Riva Trigoso |Operators={{navy|Italy|navy-1947}} |Class before={{sclass|San Giorgio|destroyer|4}} |Class after={{sclass|Impavido|destroyer|4}} |Subclasses= |Cost= |Built range=1952–1958 |In commission range=1958–1983 |Total ships building= |Total ships planned= |Total ships completed=2 |Total ships cancelled= |Total ships active= |Total ships laid up= |Total ships lost= |Total ships retired=2 |Total ships preserved= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship type=Destroyer |Ship displacement=* 2,775 tons standard
|Ship length={{convert|127.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|13.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught={{convert|4.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship power= |Ship propulsion=* 2 shaft geared turbines
|Ship speed={{convert|34|kn|lk=in}} |Ship range={{convert|3,000|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|16|kn|abbr=on}} |Ship endurance= |Ship complement=315 |Ship sensors=*SPS-6 air-search radar
|Ship EW=WLR-1 ESM (only Impetuoso by 1980) |Ship armament=* 2 × twin 127 mm/38 caliber gun
|Ship armour= |Ship aircraft= |Ship aircraft facilities= |Ship notes= }} |
The Impetuoso class were the first post-World War II destroyers built for the Italian Navy. The two ships were ordered in February 1950, entered service in 1958 and were retired in the early 1980s.{{Harvnb|Gardiner|Chumbley|1995|p=206}}
Design
The Impetuoso class hull design was based on the uncompleted World War II {{sclass2|Comandanti Medaglie d'Oro|destroyer}}. The class has a length of {{convert|127.6|m|ft|abbr=on}} with length between perpendiculars of {{convert|123.4|m|ft|abbr=on}}, a beam of {{convert|13.2|m|ft|abbr=on}}, with a draught of {{convert|4.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}, and their displacement were {{convert|2,775|LT|t|abbr=on|lk=in}} standard and {{convert|3,810|LT|t|abbr=on|lk=in}} at full load. The ships was powered by two-shaft geared steam turbines with four Foster Wheeler boilers, with total power output of {{convert|65,000|shp|MW}}. Impetuoso class has a maximum speed of {{convert|34|kn|km/h}}, with range of {{convert|3,000|NM|km}} while cruising at {{convert|16|kn|km/h}}. The ships has a complement of 315 personnel.
The class were armed with four 5-inch/38-caliber guns in two twin-gun turrets, 16 Bofors 40 mm/60 guns consisted of two quad-mounts and four twin-mounts, and one 305 mm Menon anti-submarine mortar. They were also armed with two fixed {{convert|533|mm|in|0|adj=on}} torpedo tubes, which was later replaced by two {{convert|12.75|in|mm|0|adj=on}} triple-tubes with Mark 44 torpedoes. There was a proposed modernization program in the late 1960s for the ships to be rearmed with a single lightweight 5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun forward and RIM-24 Tartar surface-to-air missile launcher in the aft.
The ships electronics and sensors consisted of SPS-6 air-search radar, SG-6B surface-search radar, SPG-25 and SPG-34 fire control radar, and SQS-11 search sonar, which was later replaced with SQS-4 sonar. As of 1980, Impetuoso was equipped with WLR-1 electronic support measure system with noise jammer, while Indomito appears to be not equipped with any electronic warfare system.
Ships
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| {{ship|Italian destroyer|Impetuoso|D 558|2}}
|style="text-align:center;"| D 558 | CNR, Riva Trigoso | 7 May 1952 | 16 September 1956 | 25 January 1958 | Stricken 1983 |
| {{ship|Italian destroyer|Indomito|D 559|2}}
|style="text-align:center;"| D 559 | 24 April 1952 | 9 August 1955 | 23 February 1958 | Stricken 3 November 1980 |
File:Italian destroyer Impetuoso (D558) is refueld USS Kalamazoo (AOR-6) in the Mediterranean Sea, in May 1977.jpg|Aft view of Impetuoso in May 1977
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book|editor-last1=Gardiner |editor-first1=Robert |editor-last2=Chumbley |editor-first2=Stephen |title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995 |year=1995 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |location=Annapolis, Maryland, USA |isbn=1-55750-132-7 }}
External links
{{commons category|Impetuoso class destroyer}}
- [https://www.marina.difesa.it/noi-siamo-la-marina/mezzi/mezzi-storici/Pagine/EFGHI/impetuoso02.aspx Destroyer Impetuoso] Marina Militare website
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