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Italian destroyer Luigi Durand de la Penne (D 560)

Luigi Durand de la Penne (D 560) is the lead ship of the Durand de la Penne-class destroyer of the Italian Navy.

Luigi Durand de la Penne on 25 April 2009.
History
Italy
NameLuigi Durand de la Penne
NamesakeLuigi Durand de la Penne
OperatorItalian Navy
BuilderFincantieri, Riva Trigoso shipyards
Laid down20 January 1988
Launched20 October 1989
Commissioned18 March 1993
Decommissioned1 October 2024
Identification
Motto
  • Utique vince
  • (Win at all cost)
StatusRetired
General characteristics
Class and typeDurand de la Penne-class destroyer
Displacement
  • - 4,500 t (4,400 long tons), standard
  • - 5.560 t (5.472 long tons), full load
Length147.7 m (485 ft)
Beam16.1 m (53 ft)
Draught5 m (16 ft)
Propulsion
Speed32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement380
Sensors and
processing systems
  • - 1 × SPS-52C 3D radar
  • - 1 × AESN MM/SPS-768 radar
  • - 1 × medium range AESN MM/SPS-774
  • - 1 × surface radar AMS MM/SPS-702
  • - 1 × navigation radar SMA MM/SPN-703
  • - 4 × AESN Orion RTN-30X (MM/SPG-76)
  • - 1 × sonar system DE-1164/1167
  • - 1 × TACAN URN-25
  • - 1 × SADOC-2 combat system
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • - ECM system Elettronica SLQ-732 NETTUNO
  • - 2 x SAGEM Sagaie decoy launching system
  • - ASW AN/SLQ-25 Nixie, Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) System
Armament
Aircraft carried2 helicopters
Aviation facilitiesdouble hangar

Development

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The Durand de Le Penne-class are escort and combat class ships, able to operate in every combat condition, and especially devised to survive to heavy missile and aircraft attacks. Its construction is made almost totally with steel; the structure is a continuous deck with a low, large stern, to accommodate the helicopter force. The fore hull is very pointed, with a very pronounced sea-cutter structure. The superstructure consists of two blocks, relatively low and wide, both with a high, antenna mast with a triangular cross-section for all the electronic. The engines exhausts are in two groups, one for each superstructure: the aft has two exhausts flank to flank, slightly inclined. Then there is the Standard missile system and finally the helicopter facilities.[citation needed]

Construction and career

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She is laid down on 20 January 1988 and launched on 20 October 1989 by Fincantieri shipyards initially under the name Animoso, named after the same torpedo boat which served during World War II. Commissioned on 18 March 1993 with the hull number D 560.[1]

Luigi Durand de la Penne entered Odesa Port, Ukraine on 4 September 2019. She met the cadets at Odesa Maritime Academy.[2]

25 August 2020, Luigi Durand de la Penne conducted an exercise with TCG Goksu in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.[3] As of August 29, 2024, she was docked in Valletta Harbour, Malta.

After 31 years of service, She was decommissioned on 1 October 2024 along with Giuseppe Garibaldi (C 551).

References

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  1. ^ "Durand de la Penne Class - Naval Technology". www.naval-technology.com. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  2. ^ "Italian Navy destroyer Luigi Durand de la Penne enters Odesa port. Photos". www.ukrinform.net. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  3. ^ "Turkey warns Greece not to test its patience over east Med". Taiwan News. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
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