VITTORIO VENETO

After the positive experiences with the Andrea Doria class ships, the Italian Navy decided to build two other new larger and more capable ships. These ships would be the Vittorio Veneto and Italia, but only the Vittorio Veneto would be manufactured. The concept and missions of the new ship were the same as the previous Andrea Doria class cruisers, but Vittorio Veneto could operate nine AB-212 ASW helicopters or six SH-3D Sea King helicopters and had a large below deck hangar instead of have it next to the flight deck. In the 80s the ship was modernized with new electronics, Standard SM-1ER anti-aircraft missiles and the installation of Otomat Mk.2 anti-ship missiles. The ship was put into reserve in 2003, and she was decommissioned in 2006.

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Country of origin

Italy

Builder

Italcantieri shipyards, Castellammare di Stabia, Naples

Type

Guided missile helicopter cruiser

Entered service

1969

Complement

550

Displacement, (full load)

8,850 tonnes

Dimensions (length x beam x draught)

179.60 x 19.40 x 6.00 meters

Flight deck, (length x width)

65.00 x 19.00 meters

Machinery

4 x Foster Wheeler boilers – 2 shaft geared turbines

Power, (total)

73,000 shp

Shafts - Screws

2 shafts – 2 screws

Speed

31 Knots (57 km/h)

Bunkerage

1,200 tonnes of fuel oil

Range

5,000 n. miles (9,250 km) at 17 knots

Helicopters

9 x AB-204 / AB-212 ASW or 6 x SH-3D Sea King

Guns/CIWS

3 x OTO Twin 40L70 Compact DARDO CIWS (since 1984)
8 x 76/62mm Oto Melara MMI guns

Torpedoes

6 x 324mm torpedo tubes in triple Mk.32 assemblies

ASW armament

20 ASROC missiles launched from Mk.10 Mod.7 twin launcher

SAM launcher

40 RIM-2 Terrier SAM launched from Mk.10 Mod.7 twin launcher
40 Standard SM-1ER (RIM-67A) SAM launched from Mk.10 Mod.7 twin launcher (since 1984)

SSM launcher

4 x OTO-Melara Teseo (Otomat Mk.2) anti-ship missiles single launchers (since 1984)