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Andrea Doria Class
Destroyers
Andrea Doria Class
Andrea Doria, designed and built with funds from the regular budget allocated annually to the Navy, is the first of two units of the class "Horizon" commissioned to Fincantieri with a contract signed in October 2000 and will be accompanied, since 2010, from Caio Duilio whose implementation was initiated in September 2003.
Andrea Doria and Caio Duilio ensure the rotation of the two units of Class Audace recently withdrawn from service.
On board are installed the most modern weapon and discovery systems, the result of international collaboration edge where the industry is inserted Italian Defence such program "PAAMS (joint implementation Italian, English and French) for a AAW system in the medium-haul, and the program "SLAT" (Italian-French collaboration) for the anti-torpedoes system.
| Commissioning | Italian Navy |
| Andrea Doria | 2007 |
| Caio Duilio | 2009 |
Technical Information
main characteristics
Length overall
152.87 m
Length between perpendiculars
141.70 m
Beam
20.30 m
Depth
11.80 m
Full load displacement
7,050 t
Max speed
29 kn
Range at 18 kn (Diesel mode)
7,000 nm
ENERGY AND PROPULSION SYSTEMS
CODOG arrangement
• 2 x 20.5 MW gas turbines
• 2 x 4.32 MW diesel engines
• 4 x 1.6 MW diesel generators
Feathering C.P. Propellers Stabilizer
4 active fins
CREW
Total
230 people
HELO CAPABILITIES
Flight deck and hangar for EH101 or NFH90
combat system
1 Combat Management System
1 Decoy Launching System (2 Launchers)
3 Main Caliber Guns - 76 mm SR
1 IFF + 2 X Transponders
1 Principal Anti Air Missile System (PAAMS)
1 Underwater Telephone
1 3D Long Range Radar
1 Torpedo Self Defence System (SLAT)
2 Radar/EO Fire Control System
1 Iras (Infrared Alerting System)
2 Navigation Radars
1 Navigation System + METOC
1 Surface to Surface Missile System (SSM) (4 x 2 Launchers)
1 EW System (RESM/CESM, RECM)
2 Secondary Caliber Guns - 25 mm
1 Integrated Int/Ext Communication System including SATCOM and Tactical Links
1 Multifunctional Sonar
1 Lightweight Torpedo System