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Francesco Morosini 1971  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
Alfredo Cappellini (ex-Capitaine)	S507		Electric Boat, Groton, USA	12.1943	1.10.1944	1/1945 // 5.3.1966	discarded 11.1977
Francesco Morosini (ex-Besugo)	S508		Electric Boat, Groton, USA	5.1943	27.2.1944	6/1944 // 31.3.1966	discarded 11.1973
Evangelista Torricelli (ex-Lizardfish)	S512		Manitowoc SB, USA	3.1944	16.7.1944	12/1944 // 9.1.1960	discarded 9.1976

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	1830 / 2440
Length, m	92.2 wl 95.0 oa
Breadth, m	8.31
Draught, m	5.20
No of shafts	2
Machinery	4 General Motors diesel-generators / 4 electric motors
Power, h. p.	4610 / 2700
Max speed, kts	20 / 10 (6.5 with snorkel)
Fuel, t	diesel oil 378 - 472
Endurance, nm(kts)	11000(10) / 96(2)
Armament	S508, 512: 10 - 533 TT (6 bow, 4 stern, 24) S507: 1 x 1 - 127/25 Mk 40, 10 - 533 TT (24 torpedoes or 40 mines, 6 bow, 4 stern)
Electronic equipment	SS, ST, SV radars, BQR-2, BQS-2, JT or SQR-3 sonars, APR-1 ECM suite
Complement	82
Diving depth operational, m	120

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Project history

Former USN submarines of Balao class, modernized under Fleet Snorkel design during USN service.

Modernizations

None.