Impavido-class destroyer

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Impavido
Class overview
Name	Impavido class
Operators	Italian Navy
Preceded by	Impetuoso class
Succeeded by	Audace class
Built	1957–1962
In commission	21 November 1963 – 15 July 1992
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics Data from [1]
Type	Guided missile destroyer
Displacement	3,201 ton standard 3,941 tons full load
Length	130.9 m (429 ft 6 in)
Beam	13.6 m (44 ft 7 in)
Draught	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft geared turbines 4 Foster Wheeler boilers, 70,000 hp (52,000 kW)
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	3,300 nmi (6,100 km; 3,800 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	344 (15 officers, 319 enlisted)
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-12 Air search radar AN/SPS-39 3D radar AN/SPG-51 Tartar fire control AN/SQS-23 sonar[2]
Armament	1× Tartar SAM system 2× 127 mm (5 in)/38 gun 4× OTO Melara 76 mm (3 in)/L62 MMI 2× 533 mm (21 in) triple torpedo launchers[2]
Aircraft carried	1 Helicopter

The Impavido class were the second group of destroyers built for the Italian Navy after World War II and the first Italian guided missile destroyers. Similar in performance to the US Navy's Charles F. Adams class, these ships were essentially improved Impetuoso-class vessels, with the aft gun-turret being replaced by a Tartar surface-to-air-missile launcher and associated radar.

Two ships were constructed in the 1960s in Italy, Impavido and Intrepido. They were in active service until the ships were retired in 1991 and 1992 respectively.