Fante-class destroyer

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Class overview
Name	Fante class
Builders	Bath Iron Works Tampa Shipbuilding Company
Operators	Italian Navy
Preceded by	Artigliere class
Succeeded by	Audace class
Subclasses	Fletcher class
Built	1941-1943
In commission	1969-1977
Planned	3
Completed	3
Retired	3
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	2,050 long tons (2,083 t) standard 2,500 long tons (2,540 t) full
Length	376.5 ft (114.8 m)
Beam	39.5 ft 10 in (12.29 m)
Draft	17.5 ft 8 in (5.54 m)
Propulsion	4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 60,000 shp (45 MW) 2 × screws
Speed	36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	329
Sensors and processing systems	1 × AN/SPS-6 air-search radar 1 × AN/SPS-10 surface-search radar 1 × Mark 37 Director
Armament	(Fante and Lanciere): 2 × single 5"/38 cal guns 1 × RUR-4 Weapon Alpha 3 × twin Mark 33 3"/50 cal guns 2 × triple Mark 32 torpedo tubes 2 × Mark 10 Hedgehog mortars 1 × depth charge track (Geniere): 4 × single 5"/38 cal guns 3 × twin Mark 33 3"/50 cal guns 2 × triple Mark 32 torpedo tubes 2 × Mark 10 Hedgehog mortars 1 × depth charge track

The Fante class was a class of 3 destroyers by the Italian Navy. They entered service in 1969, with the last one being decommissioned in 1977.^[1]