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Storione 1976

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Salmone	M5430		Martinolich, San Diego, USA		19.2.1955	15.6.1956	fishery protection 1989, stricken 11.1996
Storione	M5431		Martinolich, San Diego, USA		13.11.1954	23.2.1956	discarded 3.1997
Sgombro	M5432, 1991- P5432		Tampa Marine, USA		21.6.1956	12.5.1957	patrol 1991, discarded 2001
Squalo	M5433, 1991- P5433		Tampa Marine, USA		3.12.1956	20.6.1957	patrol 1991, discarded 2001

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	637
Displacement full, t	735
Length, m	50.3 wl 52.3 oa
Breadth, m	10.4
Draught, m	4.00
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 General Motors diesels
Power, h. p.	1600
Max speed, kts	14
Fuel, t	diesel oil 46
Endurance, nm(kts)	3000(10)
Armament	1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, A Mk 2, A Mk 4, A Mk 6 acoustic, M Mk 5, M Mk 6, M Mk 7 magnetic and Oropesa No.1 mechanical minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	SPS-53 radar, UQS-1 sonar
Complement	70

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Project history

USN Aggressive class ocean minesweepers, transferred under MDAP.

Modernizations

1970s, all: - SPS-53 radar; + SPN-703, BX-732 radars

1992, Squalo, Storione: - minesweeping equipment, sonar

Naval service

No significant events.