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LEONARDO DA VINCI submarines (1942 - 1943 / 1954 - 1955)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Leonardo da Vinci (ex-Dace) S510   Electric Boat, Groton, USA 7.1942 25.4.1943 7/1943 // 31.1.1955 discarded 5.1973
Enrico Tazzoli (ex-Barb) S511   Electric Boat, Groton, USA 6.1941 2.4.1942 7/1942 // 13.12.1954 discarded 2.1973


Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement normal, t

1830 / 2440

Length, m

93.6

Breadth, m

8.20

Draught, m

5.20

No of shafts

2

Machinery

S510: 4 General Motors diesel-generators / 4 electric motors

S511: 4 General Electric diesel-generators / 4 electric motors

Power, h. p.

4610 / 5400

Max speed, kts

18 / 15 (7.5 with snorkel)

Fuel, t

diesel oil 378 - 472

Endurance, nm(kts)11000 (10) / 96 (2)
Armament

10 - 533 TT (24 torpedoes or 40 mines, 6 bow, 4 stern)

Electronic equipment

SS, SV, BPS-1 radars, BQR-2, BQS-2, JT or SQR-3 sonars, APR-1 ECM suite

Complement

82

Diving depth operational, m

90



Standard scale images


<i>Leonardo da Vinci</i> 1960
Leonardo da Vinci 1960


Project history

Former USN submarines of Gato class, modernized under GUPPY IB design.

Modernizations

None.