Impetuoso-class destroyer

Impetuoso alongside USS Kalamazoo in the Mediterranean Sea in June 1977
Class overview
Name	Impetuoso class
Builders	Cantiere navale di Riva Trigoso Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando
Operators	Italian Navy
Preceded by	San Giorgio class
Succeeded by	Impavido class
Built	1952–1958
In commission	1958–1983
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	2,775 tons standard 3,810 tons full load
Length	127.6 m (418 ft 8 in)
Beam	13.2 m (43 ft 4 in)
Draught	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft geared turbines 4 × Foster Wheeler boilers providing 65,000 hp (48,000 kW)
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	315
Sensors and processing systems	SPS-6 air-search radar SG-6B surface-search radar SPG-25 and SPG-34 fire control radar SQS-4 search sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	WLR-1 ESM (only Impetuoso by 1980)
Armament	2 × twin 127 mm/38 caliber gun 2 × quad Bofors 40 mm/60 guns 4 × twin Bofors 40 mm/60 guns 1 × 305 mm Menon ASW mortar 2 × triple 12.75-inch (324 mm) torpedo launchers with Mark 44 torpedoes

The Impetuoso class were the first post-World War II destroyers built for the Italian Navy. The two ships were ordered in February 1950, entered service in 1958 and were retired in the early 1980s.^[1]