Artigliere-class destroyer

Artigliere
Class overview
Name	Artigliere class
Builders	Union Iron Works Boston Navy Yard
Operators	Italian Navy
Preceded by	Soldati class
Succeeded by	Fante class
Subclasses	Benson class Gleaves class
Built	1939-1941
In commission	1951-1975
Planned	2
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	(Artigliere): 1,620 long tons (1,646 t) (Aviere): 2,500 long tons (2,540 t)
Length	(Artigliere): 347 ft 9 in (105.99 m) (Aviere): 376.5 ft (114.8 m)
Beam	36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
Draft	(Artigliere): 17.4 ft 8 in (5.51 m) (Aviere): 13 ft 2 in (4.01 m)
Propulsion	4 × boilers, 50,000 shp (37 MW) 2 × screws
Speed	(Artigliere): 37.6 knots (69.6 km/h; 43.3 mph) (Aviere): 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	276
Sensors and processing systems	1 × AN/SPS-6 air-search radar 1 × AN/SPS-10 surface-search radar 1 × Mark 37 Director
Armament	4 × single 5"/38 cal guns 4 × twin 40 mm bofors 2 × single 40 mm bofors 2 × Depth charge tracks

The Artigliere class was a class of two destroyers of the Italian Navy. They entered service in 1951, with the last one being decommissioned in 1975.