Italian submarine Salvatore Pelosi (S 522)

Salvatore Pelosi (S 522) is aSauro-class submarine of the Italian Navy.

Guglielmo Marconi
History
Italy
Name	Salvatore Pelosi
Namesake	Salvatore Pelosi
Builder	Fincantieri, Monfalcone
Laid down	23 July 1985
Launched	29 November 1986
Commissioned	14 July 1988
Homeport	La Spezia
Identification	Pennant number: S 522
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Sauro-class submarine
Displacement	1,476 tonnes (surfaced) 1,662 tonnes (submerged)
Length	64.36 m (211.2 ft)
Beam	6.83 m (22.4 ft)
Draught	5.6 m (18.4 ft)
Depth	300 m (984.3 ft)
Propulsion	3-shaft diesel Grandi Motori Trieste GMT 210.16-NM (2,7 mW) 1 electric engine Magneti Marelli (2.686 kW)
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (surfaced) 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) (submerged)
Range	2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	7 officers 44 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	1 x radar SMA MM/BPS 704-V2 1 x sonar STN Atlas Elektronik – ISUS 90-20 Combat System STN Atlas Elektronik – ISUS 90-20 periscopes Kollmorgen communication system IRSC, by Hagenuk Marinekommunikation Submarine Action Information System SMA/Datamat MM/SBN-716 SACTIS periscopes Barr & Stroud CK31 Search and CH81 Attack Periscopes communication system by ELMER
Electronic warfare & decoys	ESM systems Elettronica Spa, BLD-727
Armament	6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes with reloads for: 1.) Black Shark torpedo Mod.3 2.) Naval mines

Construction and career

Salvatore Pelosi was laid down at Fincantieri Monfalcone Shipyard on 23 July 1985 and launched on 29 November 1986. She was commissioned on 14 July 1988.

She had been homeported in Taranto between 1999 and 2002 and was subjected to radical works that affected the platform and the combat system.

Gallery

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External links

• Media related to S521 Guglielmo Marconi (submarine, 1982) at Wikimedia Commons