Category:Astice (A 5379)

Marina Militare

Type	Auxiliary ship
Ship class	Aragosta
Built by	Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Monfalcone
Launch date	January 16, 1957
Completion date	June 19, 1957
Length overall	32.4 m (35.4 yd)
Beam	6.4 m (21.2 ft)
Draft	2.1 m (82.6 in)
Displacement	177 t (393,046.20 lb)
Main engine	2 MM.TT.PP. FIAT 500 HP; FIAT – Merceds MB 820
Speed	12 knots

History

The training ship Astice (A 5379), once Aragosta class in-shore minesweeper, built by Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, in Monfalcone. Launched on January 16, 1957, completed and entered in service on June 19, 1957 with given pennant M 5452. Between 2001 and 2003 the ship underwent modernization works carried out at Italian Navy Shipyards, in La Spezia, in order to transform in training ship for the Cadets of the Italian Naval Academy. The unit with pennant A 5379 is part of the 74th Training Naval Group.