Category:Fante (D 561)

Marina Militare


Type	Destroyer
Ship class	Classe Fante ex Fletcher-class destroyer
Built by	Bath Iron Works
Keel laid	August 31, 1942
Launch date	January 31, 1943
Completion date	April 3, 1943
Length overall	114.7 m (125.4 yd)
Beam	12.1 m (13.2 yd)
Draft	5.4 m (17.7 ft)
Displacement	2,050 t (4,552,230.00 lb)
Main engine	4 x boilers 2 x turbines
Speed	35 knots

History

USS Walker (DD-517) was transferred to Marina Militare on July 2, 1969 and entered in service as Fante (D 561). She was decommissioned in January 1971 cannibalized for parts.

Media in category "Fante (D 561)"

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