Italian Navy / Marina Militare Italiana - Frigate

D 572 / F 555  -  ITS Cigno

 

 

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Type, Class:

 

Frigate; Centauro class

(originally planned as Destroyer Escort - reclassified Frigate in 1957)

Builder:

 

Cantieri Navali Taranto, Italy

STATUS:

 

Laid down: February 11, 1954

Launched: March 14, 1955

Commissioned: March 7, 1957

Decommissioned: October 31, 1983

Homeport:

 

-

Namesake:

 

Cigno - Cygnus is a northern constellation lying on the plane of the Milky Way,

deriving its name from the Latinized Greek word for swan

Ship’s motto:

 

 

Technical Data:

(Measures, Propulsion,

Armament, Aviation, etc.)

 

see: INFO > Centauro - class Frigate

 

ship images

 

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F 555 ITS Cigno:

 

-- service history wanted --

 

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