GIS0021 1955
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Names |
GIS0021 (ex-PT88), 4.1951- GIS842, 11.1952- MS842, 1.1954- P442 MS442, 3.1966- Brigadiere Gianotti, 1969- P442 MS442 GIS0022 (ex-PT90), 4.1951- GIS843, 11.1952- MS843, 1.1954- P443 MS443 GIS0023 (ex-PT92), 4.1951- GIS841, 11.1952- MS841, 1.1954- P441 MS441 GIS0024 (ex-PT94), 4.1951- GIS844, 11.1952- MS844, 1.1954- P444 MS444 GIS0025 (ex-PT206), 4.1951- GIS851, 11.1952- MS851, 1.1954- P451 MS451, 3.1966- Tenente Lombardo, 1969- P451 MS451 GIS0026 (ex-PT210), 4.1951- GIS852, 11.1952- MS852, 1.1954- P452 MS452, 3.1966- Finanziere Feliciani, 1974- P452 MS452 GIS0027 (ex-PT215), 4.1951- GIS853, 11.1952- MS853, 1.1954- P453 MS453 |
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Builders |
Higgins, New Orleans, USA: GIS0021-0027 |
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Commissioned |
7-12/1942 // 4.1948: GIS0021-0023 7-12/1942 // 1950: GIS0024 1-12/1943 // 2.1947: GIS0025-0027 |
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Losses |
none |
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Transfers |
none |
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Discarding |
1964: MS444 1969: MS451 1972: MS442 1974: MS452 1980: MS453 1985: MS441, 443 |
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Displacement standard, t |
35 |
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Displacement full, t |
48 |
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Length, m |
23.9 - 24.0 |
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Breadth, m |
6.12 |
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Draught, m |
1.60 |
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No of shafts |
3 |
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Machinery |
3 petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
4050 - 4500 |
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Max speed, kts |
41 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol 10800 l |
| Endurance, nm(kts) |
500 (20) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, (2 - 3) x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 - 450 TT |
| Electronic equipment | SO or SCR-517A radar |
| Complement |
17 |
Project history: USN 78ft Higgins type.
Modernizations: early 1960s, all: engines were replaced by ASM185 petrol engines (4500hp, 34kts, endurance was 1000(20)nm); - SCR-517A radar; + SPS-21 radar, complement was 11
1962-1963, MS441, 443, 453 as frogmen support boats: were armed with 3 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10 only
Naval service: Three named boats temporarily served under Customs flag.
MS453 1975
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