San Giorgio-class destroyer

San Marco
Class overview
Name	San Giorgio class
Builders	Cantieri Navali del Tirreno Riuniti Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia
Operators	Italian Navy
Preceded by	Soldati class
Succeeded by	Impetuoso class
Subclasses	Capitani Romani class
Built	1939–1941
In commission	1955–1980
Planned	2
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	4,850 long tons (4,928 t) standard 5,600 long tons (5,690 t) full load
Length	142.2 m (466 ft 6 in)
Beam	14.4 m (47 ft 3 in)
Draft	5.1 m (16 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft boilerss, 110,000 shp (82 MW) 2 × screws
Speed	39 knots (72 km/h; 45 mph)
Range	4,060 nmi (7,520 km; 4,670 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	314
Sensors and processing systems	1 × AN/SPS-6 air-search radar 1 × SG-6B surface-search radar 1 × SP radar 1 × AN/SQS-11 sonar 1 × Mark 37 director
Armament	3 × twin 5-inch/38 cal. guns 1 × Menon ASW mortar 4 × quad 40 mm Bofors guns 2 × twin 40 mm Bofors guns 2 × depth charge tracks

The San Giorgio class was a class of two destroyers of the Italian Navy. They entered service in 1955, with the last one being decommissioned in 1980. Formerly Capitani Romani-class cruisers of the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) during World War II, they were rebuilt as destroyers during the Cold War. San Giorgio (ex Pompeo Magno) was the first to enter service in 1955 and was modified again from 1963 to 1965 to become a training ship until 1980. San Marco (ex Giulio Germanico) was scuttled by the Germans after the incomplete ship fell into German hands following the Italian Armistice. Following the war, the vessel was raised, rebuilt and renamed and entered service in 1956. San Marco served until 1971.