Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Regia Marina — Destroyer

Italian destroyer Antoniotto Usodimare

Navigatori-class destroyer

Italian destroyer Antoniotto Usodimare
unattributed — it.Wikipedia — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The destroyer Antoniotto Usodimare at Taranto.

Service

  1. Regia Marina as Antoniotto Usodimare? — 8 June 19421,011 days of the war
Navigatori-class destroyer Particulars
Name
Antoniotto Usodimare
Namesake
Antoniotto Usodimare
Builder
Odero-Terni-Orlando, Genoa-Sestri Ponente
Laid down
1 June 1927
Launched
12 May 1928
Fate
Sunk by torpedo, 8 June 1942
By torpedo (1942)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,900 long tons (1,930 t)
Displacement, full load
2,580 long tons (2,621 t)
Length
107.3 m (352 ft)
Beam
10.2 m (33.5 ft)
Draught
3.5 m (11.5 ft)
Speed
32 knots (59.3 km/h, 36.8 mph)
Range
3,800 nmi (7,038 km)
Complement
222
Main gun
120 mm (4.7 in)

Antoniotto Usodimare was a Navigatori-class destroyer, operated by the Regia Marina. The ship was named after Antoniotto Usodimare. Her keel was laid at Odero-Terni-Orlando, Genoa-Sestri Ponente on 1 June 1927. She was launched on 12 May 1928.

She was one of twelve ships of her class. The class followed the Turbine-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Freccia-class destroyer.

Displacement was 1,900 long tons standard and 2,580 long tons at full load. She measured 107.3 m (352 ft) long with a beam of 10.2 m (33 ft). Her designed speed was 32 knots, and she carried a complement of 222.

Her main battery was six 120 mm (4.7 in) guns in three twin mountings. 55,000 hp drove two shafts.

She was in commission for 1,011 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 8 June 1942 by torpedo. The wreck survives.

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Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Power
  • 4 water-tube boilers
  • 55000 hp
Armament
  • 3 × twin 120 mm guns
  • 2 × single 40 mm AA guns
  • 4 × twin 13.2 mm machine guns
  • 2 × triple 533 mm torpedo tubes
  • 86–104 mines

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