Category:Ponza (A 5364)

Marina Militare

Type	Auxiliary ship
Ship class	Ponza
Built by	Cantiere Mario Morini, Ancona
Keel laid	March 25, 1987
Launch date	September 21, 1988
Completion date	December 9, 1988
Length overall	56.7 m (62 yd)
Beam	10 m (10.9 yd)
Draft	2.2 m (87 in)
Displacement	685 t (1,521,111.00 lb)
Main engine	2 x Isotta Fraschini diesel engines
Speed	14 knots

History

Ponza (A 5364). is one of the five Support Lighthouses Vessel of Ponza-class employed for the maintenance and modernization of the coastal maritime signalling. She is equipped with a crane able to lift buoys, lights, catenaries, pylons and to support other logistic activities as supplying water, fuel or other goods to naval ships or small islands.