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Vittorio Veneto 1973

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Vittorio Veneto	C550		Navalmeccanica, Castellammare di Stabia	10.6.1965	5.2.1967	12.7.1969	stricken 6.2006

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	7500
Displacement full, t	8850
Length, m	170.6 pp 179.6 oa
Breadth, m	19.4
Draught, m	6.00
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Tosi geared steam turbines, 4 Foster Wheeler boilers
Power, h. p.	73000
Max speed, kts	30.5
Fuel, t	oil 1200
Endurance, nm(kts)	5000(17)
Armament	1 x 2 Terrier/ASROC SAM/ASuM (40 RIM-2, 20 RUR-5), 8 x 1 - 76/62 MMK, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 9 helicopters (9 AB-212 or 6 SH-3D Sea King)
Electronic equipment	SPS-40, SPS-52, SPQ-2B, 2x SPG-55B, 4x RTN-10X radars, SQS-23 sonar, SADOC-1 CCS
Complement	550

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Project history

The larger cruiser was built instead of a third Andrea Doria. On the enlarged hull, the hangar could be worked in below the flight deck aft instead of forward of it. The enlarged flight deck (40.0x18.5m) can accommodate 6 SH-3D or nine AB-212 helicopters, compared to four AB-212 on an Andrea Doria. The deeper hull forward accommodates a third missile drum below the usual pair; the Mod 7 version of the Mk 10 launcher in the ship (Aster) fires both the Terrier anti-aircraft weapon and the ASROC ASW misile (Vittorio Veneto was the only ASROC-firing ship in the Italian Navy).

A projected second ship would have been named Italia. When she dropped out of the long-range programme, a larger missile cruiser/carrier, Trieste, was projected, but she, too, was cancelled. Ultimately the Italian Navy chose to separate the carrier and area air defence roles, building a light carrier.

Modernizations

(1981-1984): - 1 x 2 Terrier/ASROC SAM/ASuM, SPS-40 radar; + 4 x 1 Otomat Mk 2 SSM (4 Otomat Mk 2), 1 x 2 Standard SM-1ER/ASROC SAM/ASuM (40 RIM-67A, 20 RUR-5), 3 x 2 - 40/70 Breda Compact, RAN-3L (SPS-768), 2x RTN-20X (SPG-74) radars

Naval service

 No significant events.