Italian Navy - Marina Militare Italiana Andrea Doria class Helicopter Cruiser
Italian Cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi (center), C-554 Caio Duilio (left) and C-553 Andrea Doria (right)
The Andrea Doria was a class of helicopter cruisers of the Marina Militare. They were Italy's first major new designs of the post-World War II era. These ships were primarily designed for ASW tasks. The class consisted of two vessels, Andrea Doria and Caio Duilio, both commissioned in 1964 and in service into the late 1980s. A third, Enrico Dandolo (C555), was cancelled. The Andrea Doria class formed the basis for the larger Italian cruiser Vittorio Veneto, which replaced the Andrea Dorias' superstructure hangar with a hangar in the hull.
Ships:
unit		in service		builder		fate
C 553 ITS Andrea Doria		1964		Italcantieri, Riva Trigoso		decommissioned 1992; scrapped 2001
C 554 ITS Caio Duilio		1964		Italcantieri, Riva Trigoso		decommissioned 1990; scrapped 1990
C 555 ITS Enrico Dandolo		cancelled		-		-
Specifications:
Displacement:	6500 tons (full load)
Length:	149,3 meters
Beam:	17,3 meters
Draft:	4,9 meters
Speed:	30+ knots
Propulsion:	2 steam turbines / 4 Foster-Wheeler boilers (60000 shp)
Aircraft:	2 SH-3 Sea King (Agusta AS-61) or 4 Agusta-Bell AB-212ASW helicopters
Crew:	approx. 500
Armament:	1 Mk-10 missile launcher (40 RIM-2 Terrier SAM) 8 76/62mm guns (3”/62 caliber) 2 324mm triple torpedo tubes
variations:
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