Geniere 1970
Fante 1970
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
Lanciere (ex-Taylor) | D560 | Bath Iron Wks, USA | 8/1941 | 7.6.1942 | 8/1942 // 2.7.1969 | cannibalized 1.1971 | |
Fante (ex-Walker) | D561 | Bath Iron Wks, USA | 8/1942 | 31.1.1943 | 4/1943 // 2.7.1969 | stricken 1977 | |
Geniere (ex-Prichett) | D555 | Seattle-Tacoma, Seattle, USA | 7/1942 | 31.7.1943 | 1/1944 // 17.1.1970 | stricken 1975 |
Displacement standard, t |
2325 |
Displacement full, t |
D560, 561: 2950 D555: 3005 |
Length, m |
D560, 561: 112.5 wl 114.8 oa D555: 112.5 wl 114.7 oa |
Breadth, m |
12.1 |
Draught, m |
D560, 561: 5.50 max D555: 4.19 full load |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
Power, h. p. |
60000 |
Max speed, kts |
D560, 561: 35 D555: 38 |
Fuel, t |
oil 492 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 6500 (15) |
Armament |
D560, 561: 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 4 x 1 - 533 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 15 ASWRL D555: 4 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 3 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 7 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 6 DCT, 2 DCR (56) |
Electronic equipment |
SPS-6, SPS-10, Mk 25 radars, SQS-4 sonar |
Complement |
D560, 561: 250 D555: 273 |
Project history: USN destroyers of Fletcher class. Lanciere and Fante were DDE conversions, Geniere was 4-gun Fletcher. Weapon Alfa ASW launcher and quintuple TT were removed before transfer.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Lanciere was cannibalized for spares in two years after commission for maintaining of two survived ships.
Geniere 1972
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