Fante-class destroyer

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NameFante class
Operators Italian Navy
Preceded byArtigliere class
Geniere
Class overview
NameFante class
Builders
Operators Italian Navy
Preceded byArtigliere class
Succeeded byAudace class
SubclassesFletcher class
Built1941-1943
In commission1969-1977
Planned3
Completed3
Retired3
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Displacement
  • 2,050 long tons (2,083 t) standard
  • 2,500 long tons (2,540 t) full
Length376.5 ft (114.8 m)
Beam39.5 ft 10 in (12.29 m)
Draft17.5 ft 8 in (5.54 m)
Propulsion
Speed36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph)
Range5,500 nmi (10,200 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement329
Sensors &
processing systems
Armament

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]

The Fante class of destroyers of the Italian Navy consisted of three units belonging to the United States Navy of the Fletcher class that Italy bought from the United States in 1969–1970, in order to replace the destroyers of the Artigliere class. The ships underwent changes compared to their original armament, and being very worn ships, served only for five years, except the Lanciere which was immediately disarmed and cannibalized to provide spare parts for her two sisters.[citation needed]

The ships purchased were in fact initially two, the USS Walker (Fante)[2] and USS Taylor (Lanciere)[3] who joined the Navy in June 1969. The disastrous conditions of the second ship, however, led to purchase in January 1970 a third unit, the USS Prichett (Geniere).[4] The Lanciere, therefore, was reused to supply spare parts to the two sister units.[citation needed]

Ships in the class

See also

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