Italian cruiser Vittorio Veneto

Vittorio Veneto in 2001
History
Italy
Name	Vittorio Veneto
Namesake	Vittorio Veneto
Builder	Italcantieri
Laid down	10 June 1965
Launched	5 February 1967
Commissioned	12 July 1969
Decommissioned	Placed into reserve 1 November 2003 Decommissioned 29 June 2006
Homeport	Taranto
Identification	- Pennant number: 550 - Hull number: 639 (790)
Motto	Victoria nobis vita
Fate	Scrapped at Aliaga Turkey 2021
General characteristics
Type	Helicopter cruiser
Displacement	7,500 tons standard 9,550 tons full loaded
Length	179.6 m (589 ft)
Beam	19.4 m (64 ft)
Draught	6.0 m (19.7 ft)
Installed power	4 Foster Wheeler boilers, 73,000 shp (54,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shaft geared turbines
Speed	30.5 knots (56.5 km/h; 35.1 mph)
Range	5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	557
Sensors and processing systems	1 × SPS-52 early warning radar 1 × SPS-768 long range radar 1 × SPQ-2 surface radar 2 × SPG-55 missile fire control radar 4 × Orion 10X fire control radar 2 × Orion 20X fire control radar 1 × navigation radar
Electronic warfare & decoys	2 × SCLAR decoy launcher 1 × ECM system 1 × TACAN
Armament	As built: 1 × Mk 10 twin-arm launcher for 40 RIM-2 Terrier and 20 ASROC missiles 8 × Oto Melara 76/62mm MMI or 76/62 mm Compact gun 2 × 324 mm triple torpedo tubes Post 1980-1982 modernization: 1 × Mk 10 twin-arm launcher with 40 Standard SM-1ER and 20 RUR-5 "ASROC" missiles 8 × Oto Melara 76 mm (3 in)/62 MMI or Compact gun 3 × Oto Melara Twin 40 mm (1.6 in)/L70 DARDO 4 × OTOMAT SSMs 2 × 324 mm triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried	9 Augusta AB204 or Augusta AB 212 helicopters or 6 AB-61 helicopters

Vittorio Veneto was a helicopter cruiser that served with the Italian Navy. Originally intended to be a class of two ships specifically designed for anti-submarine warfare (ASW), only Vittorio Veneto entered into service in 1969, its sister ship Italia being cancelled. Vittorio Veneto was placed into reserve in 2003 and decommissioned in 2006.^[1] This ship has the same general layout as the smaller Andrea Doria-class helicopter cruisers, but with two elevators in the flight deck and the hangar below, rather than with the hangar as part of the superstructure.^[2] It was named for the decisive Battle of Vittorio Veneto which ended World War I on the Italian front.