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Italian frigate Carabiniere (F 593)
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Italian frigate Carabiniere (F 593)larger figure on 1 of 2
Spruance-class destroyerlarger figure on 1 of 2
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Measured figures
Length
Single source474.41 ft (144.6 m)[source]
overall
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Italian frigate Carabiniere (F 593) | Spruance-class destroyer |
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| Name | Carabiniere[source] | Spruance class[source] |
| Namesake | Carabiniere[source] | — |
| Builder | Fincantieri , Riva Trigoso and Muggiano[source] | — |
| Laid down | 6 April 2011[source] | — |
| Launched | 29 March 2014[source] | — |
waterline
Single source529 ft (161 m) waterline 563 ft (172 m) overall[source]
CODLAG 1 × 32 MW gas turbine General Electric/Avio LM2500+G4 2 × 2.5 MW electric motors Jeumont Electric 4 × diesel generators VL 1716 (T2ME series by 2,15 MW everyone, on first two frigate; HPCR series by 2,8 MW everyone, since the third frigate) 2 × shafts , driving controllable pitch propellers 1 × 1 MW bow thruster[source]
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| Commissioned | 28 April 2015[source] | — |
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| Home port | Taranto[source] | — |
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| Identification | MMSI number : 247321700 Callsign : Pennant number : F 593[source] | — |
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| Motto | Nei secoli fedele (Forever faithful)[source] | — |
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| Status | Active[source] | — |
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| Class & type | Carlo Bergamini -class frigate[source] | Spruance -class destroyer[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Leonardo Kronos Grand Naval (MFRA) Active electronically scanned array radar CAPTAS-4 towed-array sonar UMS 4110 CL hull-mounted sonar[source] | AN/SPS-40 air search radar AN/SPG-60 fire control radar AN/SPS-55 surface search radar AN/SPQ-9 gun fire control radar Mark 23 TAS automatic detection and tracking radar AN/SPS-65 missile fire control radar AN/SQS-53 bow-mounted active sonar AN/SQR-19 TACTAS towed array passive sonar Naval Tactical Data System[source] |
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| Armament | 16-cell MBDA SYLVER A50 VLS for 16 MBDA Aster 15 and 30 missiles 2 × Leonardo OTO Melara 76/62 mm Davide/Strales CIWS guns 2 × Leonardo Oto Melara / Oerlikon KBA 25/80 mm remote weapon systems 4 × MBDA Teseo Mk-2/A anti-ship and land attack missiles 4 × MBDA MILAS anti-submarine missiles 2 x triple Leonardo (WASS) B-515/3 launcher for MU 90 torpedoes 2 x SITEP MASS CS-424 acoustic guns[source] | 2 × 5 in (127 mm) 54 caliber Mark 45 dual purpose guns 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns 1 × 8 cell ASROC launcher (removed) 1 × 8 cell NATO Sea Sparrow Mark 29 missile launcher 2 × quadruple Harpoon missile canisters 2 × Mark 32 triple 12.75 in (324 mm) torpedo tubes ( Mk 46 torpedoes ) 1 × 61 cell Mk 41 VLS launcher for Tomahawk missiles[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × SH90 1 × SH90 1 × AW101 (armed with MU 90 torpedoes or MBDA Marte Mk2/S missiles)[source] | 2 × Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | Double hangar[source] | Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters[source] |
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| Used by | Italian Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | — |
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| Builders | — | Ingalls Shipbuilding , Pascagoula, Mississippi[source] |
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| Operators | — | United States Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Charles F. Adams class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Kidd class Arleigh Burke class[source] |
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| Built | — | 1972–1983[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1975–2005[source] |
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| Completed | — | 31[source] |
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| Active | — | 1 ( Paul F. Foster ) as SDTS[source] |
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| Retired | — | 30[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare system AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo countermeasures Mark 36 SRBOC decoy launching system AN/SLQ-49 inflatable decoys[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | United States[source] |
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