Impetuoso-class were ordered by the Italian Navy in February 1950. They are based on Commandante hull design. This class holds similar characteristics to the Gearing-class destroyers.
Construction and career
She is laid down on 7 May 1952 and launched on 16 September 1956 by Cantiere navale di Riva Trigoso. Commissioned on 25 January 1958 with the hull number D 558 and decommissioned in 1983.[1]
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