Durand de la Penne-class Guided Missile Destroyer

The Durand de la Penne-class destroyers are four guided missile destroyers operated by the Marina Militare, the Italian navy. The design is an updated version of the Audace-class destroyers, but these ships are larger, have CODOG machinery and modern sensors.

Specifications

 * Type: Guided Missile Destroyer
 * Service Period: 1993-Present
 * Characteristics:
 * Length: 484 feet 7 inches (147.7 meters)
 * Beam: 52 feet 10 inches (16.1 meters)
 * Draught: 16 feet 5 inches (5 meters)
 * Displacement: 4,500 tons (Standard); 5,400 tons (Full Load)
 * Crew: 380
 * Propulsion:
 * 2 x General Electric/Avio LM2500 gas turbines providing 55,000 hp
 * 2 x Grandi Motori Trieste BL-230-20-DVM diesels providing 12,600 hp
 * Range: 7,000 nautical miles (12,964 kilometers) at 18 knots (33.34 km/h)
 * Speed: 32 knots (59.26 km/h)
 * Sensor Suite:
 * AESN MM/SPS-768 radar x 1
 * SPS-52C 3D radar x 1
 * medium range AESN MM/SPS-774 x 1
 * surface radar AMS MM/SPS-702 x 1
 * Navigation radar SMA MM/SPN-703 x 1
 * AESN Orion TRN-30X (MM/SPG-76) x 4
 * sonar system DE-1164/1167 x 1
 * ECM system Elettronica NETTUNO
 * TACAN URN-25 x 1
 * SADOC-2 combat system x 1
 * Armament:
 * 1 x Otobreda 127mm/L55 Compact naval gun
 * 2 x Oto Melara 76mm/L64 Super Rapido naval guns
 * 1 x Mk.29 Octuple launcher for NATO Sea Sparrow/Selenia Aspide AAMs
 * 1 x Mk.13 launcher with (40 Standard SM-1MR missiles)
 * 8 x Otomat Mk.II SSMs
 * 4 x Milas ASW missiles
 * 2 x 12.75" triple torpedo launchers
 * Aircraft Carried: 2 x NH90s or 1 x AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin helicopter
 * Aviation Facilities: Helicopter Deck and Double Hangar

Ships

 * ITS Luigi Durand de la Penne (D560)
 * ITS Francesco Mimbelli (DM561)
 * ITS Animoso (D562)
 * ITS Ardimentoso (D563)