Italian destroyer Luigi Durand de la Penne (D 560)

	Luigi Durand de la Penne on 25 April 2009.
History
Italy
Name	Luigi Durand de la Penne
Namesake	Luigi Durand de la Penne
Operator	Italian Navy
Builder	Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso shipyards
Laid down	20 January 1988
Launched	20 October 1989
Commissioned	18 March 1993
Identification	MMSI number: 247885000; Callsign: IADP; Pennant number: D 560;
Motto	Utique vince; (Win at all cost);
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Durand de la Penne-class destroyer
Displacement	- 4,500 t (4,400 long tons), standard; - 5.560 t (5.472 long tons), full load;
Length	147.7 m (485 ft)
Beam	16.1 m (53 ft)
Draught	5 m (16 ft)
Propulsion	- CODOG scheme:; - 2 × General Electric/Avio LM2500 gas turbines providing 41,000 kW (55,000 hp) ; - 2 × diesel engines Grandi Motori Trieste BL-230-20-DVM 9,396 kW (12,600 hp); - 6 x diesel engine generators Fincantieri DMD 203-6;
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range	7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	380
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	- 1 × Otobreda 127 mm gun; - 3 × Oto Melara 76/62 mm Super Rapido gun; - 1 × Albatross octuple launcher for Selenia Aspide SAM; - 1 × Mk 13 launcher with 40 Standard SM-1MR missiles; - 4 × OTOMAT Mk2 SSMs ; - 4 × Milas anti submarine missile; - 2 × 324 mm triple torpedo launchers WASS B515/3;
Aircraft carried	2 helicopters
Aviation facilities	double hangar

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

Italian destroyer Luigi Durand de la Penne (D 560)

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