Pietro Cavezzale 1960
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Pietro Cavezzale (ex-Oyster Bay) | A5301 | Lake Washington, Houghton, USA | 4/1942 | 7.9.1942 | 11/1943 // 23.10.1957 | stricken 3.1994 |
Displacement standard, t |
1766 |
Displacement full, t |
2800 |
Length, m |
91.4 wl 94.7 oa |
Breadth, m |
12.5 |
Draught, m |
3.70 full load |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
4 Fairbanks-Morse diesel-generators, 2 electric motors |
Power, h. p. |
6080 |
Max speed, kts |
16 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 400 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 10000(11) |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1 |
Military load | divers |
Electronic equipment |
SPS-6, Jason radars |
Complement |
200 |
Project history: The USN MTB tender Oyster Bay (laid down as a Barnegat class seaplane tender), was purchased by the Italian Navy under MDAP 23.10.1957. She was used as a frogmen support ship and for miscellaneous duties.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Pietro Cavezzale 1979
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