Italian frigate Espero (F 576)

	Espero moored at Málaga on 8 July 2005.
History
Italy
Name	Espero
Namesake	Westerly wind
Operator	Italian Navy
Builder	Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso shipyards
Laid down	1 August 1982
Launched	19 November 1983
Commissioned	4 May 1985
Decommissioned	30 June 2021
Identification	Pennant number: F 576
Motto	A nessuno secondo; (Second to none);
Status	Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type	Maestrale-class frigate
Displacement	3.040 t (2.992 long tons), full load
Length	- 122.7 m (403 ft) LOA; - 114 m (374 ft) LPP;
Beam	12.9 m (42 ft)
Draught	4.2 m (14 ft)
Propulsion	- CODOG scheme; - 2 × GE/Avio General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 18.380 kW (24.648 hp) each; - 2 × diesel engines Grandi Motori Trieste BL-230-20-DVM, 4.044 kW (5.423 hp) each; - 4 × diesel engine generators Grandi Motori Trieste A-236-SS, 780 kW (1,050 hp) each with Ansaldo generators; - 2 × 5-blade propellers;
Speed	33 kn (61 km/h; 38 mph) (21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph) on diesel)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	24 officers; 201 sailors;
Sensors and ; processing systems	- 1 × Selenia RAN-10S/SPS-774 surface and air surveillance radar; - 1 × Selenia SMA SPS-702 surface search radar; - 1 × Selenia SMA SPS-703 navigation radar (then replaced by one GEM Elettronica MM-SPN 753 Arpa); - 1 × Selenia SPG-75 fire control radar; - 2 × Selenia SPG-74 fire control radar (for Dardo); - 1 × Raytheon DE 1164, VDS sonar; - 1 × Raytheon DE 1160B, hull mounted sonar;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	- (Elettronica Spa MM/SLQ-746) 2 × SLQ-D jammers; - 1 × ARBG-1A Saigon radio interceptor; - 1 × SLR-4 Newton intercept; - 2 × 20-round OTO Melara/Breda SCLAR decoy RL (Dagaie on Grecale); - 1 × AN/SLQ-25 Nixie towed acoustic torpedo system; - Prairie/Masker air-bubbler noise-suppression system;
Armament	- 4 × TESEO Mk-2 anti-ship missiles, double launchers; - 1 × Albatross octuple Aspide SAM launchers; - 1 × Otobreda 127 mm/54 gun; - 2 × Oto Melara Twin 40L70 DARDO CIWS; - 2 × Browning HB2B 12.7 mm; - 2 × MG 42/59 7.62 mm; - 2 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (Whitehead B-516, with Whitehead A-184 torpedoes: then removed); - 2 × 324 mm triple torpedo tubes (Whitehead ILAS-3) with Mk-46 Mod.2 torpedoes;
Aircraft carried	- flight deck 27 m (89 ft) x 12 m (39 ft) m; - 2 x AB-212 helicopters;

Espero (F 576) is the seventh ship of the Maestrale-class frigate of the Italian Navy.

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