Andrea Doria-class cruiser

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Class overview
Name	Andrea Doria class
Builders	Fincantieri Riva Trigoso
Operators	Italian Navy
Preceded by	Giuseppe Garibaldi
Succeeded by	Vittorio Veneto class
Built	1958–1964
In commission	1964–1992
Planned	3
Completed	2
Cancelled	1
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Helicopter cruiser
Displacement	5,000 tons (standard) 6,500 tons (loaded)
Length	149.3 m (490 ft)
Beam	17.3 m (57 ft)
Draught	5.0 m (16.4 ft)
Propulsion	2 shaft geared turbines 4 Foster Wheeler boilers, 60,000 hp (45,000 kW)
Speed	31 kn (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	485
Armament	1 × Mk 10 twin-arm launcher with 40 RIM-2 Terrier SAM Oto Melara 8 × 76 mm/62 MMI gun (with 8,001 ammunitions) 2 × 324 mm triple torpedo tubes (with 12 Mk 46 torpedoes + 18 Mk 46 torpedoes for helos)
Aircraft carried	4 helicopters

The Andrea Doria class were helicopter cruisers of the Italian Navy. Italy's first major new designs of the post–World War II era, these ships were primarily designed for anti-submarine warfare tasks. Initially planned for three ships, the two ships that were constructed, Andrea Doria and Caio Duilio served until 1991 in both active and training capacities. The Andrea Doria class formed the basis for the larger Vittorio Veneto that followed them.