Italian destroyer Impavido (D 570)

	Impavido underway in the Mediterranean Sea on 19 May 1983.
History
Italy
Name	Impavido
Namesake	Impavido
Operator	Italian Navy
Builder	Cantiere navale di Riva Trigoso
Laid down	10 June 1957
Launched	25 May 1962
Commissioned	16 November 1963
Decommissioned	June 1992
Identification	Pennant number: D 570
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics Data from
Class and type	Impavido-class destroyer
Displacement	3,201 ton standard; 3,941 tons full load;
Length	130.9 m (429 ft 6 in)
Beam	13.6 m (44 ft 7 in)
Draught	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft geared turbines; 4 Foster Wheeler boilers, 70,000 hp (52,000 kW);
Speed	34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	3,300 nmi (6,100 km; 3,800 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	344 (15 officers, 319 enlisted)
Sensors and ; processing systems	AN/SPS-12 Air search radar; AN/SPS-39 3D radar; AN/SPG-51 Tartar fire control; AN/SQS-23 sonar;
Armament	1× Tartar SAM system; 2× 127 mm (5 in)/38 gun; 4× OTO Melara 76 mm (3 in)/L62 MMI; 2× 533 mm (21 in) triple torpedo launchers;
Aircraft carried	1 Helicopter

Impavido (D 570) is the lead ship of the Impavido-class destroyer of the Italian Navy.

Development edit

The Impavido-class were the first guided missile destroyers of the Italian Navy. The vessels were commissioned in the early 1960s and were roughly equal to the American Charles F. Adams-class destroyer. Both classes shared the Tartar missile system, with a Mk 13 launcher, and carried around 40 missiles. They had two fire control radars to guide their weaponry and all this was fitted in the aft of the ship. Both classes also had two single 127 mm (5 in) guns, but the American ships had these in single mountings and in a new model, the Mk 42, one fore and the other aft, while the Impavido-class made use of an older Mk 38 dual turret.^[3]

Construction and career edit

She is laid down on 10 June 1957 and launched on 25 May 1962 by Cantiere navale di Riva Trigoso. Commissioned on 16 November 1963 with the hull number D 570 and decommissioned in June 1992.

Gallery edit

Impavido and USS Edward Mc Donnell moored in Kiel, Germany in June 1966.

References edit

^ Blackman 1971, p. 184.
^ ^a ^b Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 207.
^ "Impavido class Guided-Missile Destroyer". Helis.com. Retrieved 2020-09-27.

External links edit

Destroyer Impavido Marina Militare website

[JFS71_p184-1] Blackman 1971, p. 184.

[Conways_p207-2] Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 207.

[3] "Impavido class Guided-Missile Destroyer". Helis.com. Retrieved 2020-09-27.

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