Class overview
Geniere
Name	Fante class
Builders	Bath Iron Works Tampa Shipbuilding Company
Operators	Italian Navy
Preceded by	Artigliere class
Succeeded by	Audace class
Subclasses	Fletcher class
Built	1941-1943
In commission	1969-1977
Planned	3
Completed	3
Retired	3
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	2,050 long tons (2,083 t) standard 2,500 long tons (2,540 t) full
Length	376.5 ft (114.8 m)
Beam	39.5 ft 10 in (12.29 m)
Draft	17.5 ft 8 in (5.54 m)
Propulsion	4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 60,000 shp (45 MW) 2 × screws
Speed	36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	329
Sensors and processing systems	1 × AN/SPS-6 air-search radar 1 × AN/SPS-10 surface-search radar 1 × Mark 37 Director
Armament	(Fante and Lanciere): 2 × single 5"/38 cal guns 1 × RUR-4 Weapon Alpha 3 × twin Mark 33 3"/50 cal guns 2 × triple Mark 32 torpedo tubes 2 × Mark 10 Hedgehog mortars 1 × depth charge track (Geniere): 4 × single 5"/38 cal guns 3 × twin Mark 33 3"/50 cal guns 2 × triple Mark 32 torpedo tubes 2 × Mark 10 Hedgehog mortars 1 × depth charge track

The Fante class was a class of 3 destroyers by the Italian Navy. They entered service in 1969, with the last one being decommissioned in 1977.^[1]

History

The Fante class of destroyers of the Italian Navy consisted of three units belonging to the United States Navy of the Fletcher class that Italy bought from the United States in 1969-1970, in order to replace the destroyers of the Artigliere class. The ships underwent changes compared to their original armament, and being very worn ships, served only for five years, except the Lanciere which was immediately disarmed and cannibalized to provide spare parts for her two sisters.

The ships purchased were in fact initially two, the USS Walker (Fante)^[2] and USS Taylor (Lanciere)^[3] who joined the Navy in June 1969. The disastrous conditions of the second ship, however, led to purchase in January 1970 a third unit, the USS Prichett (Geniere).^[4] The Lanciere, therefore, was reused to supply spare parts to the two sister units.

Ships in the class

Pennant	Name	Builders	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned
D 561	Fante	Bath Iron Works	31 August 1942	31 January 1943	2 July 1969	1977
D 555	Geniere	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation	20 July 1942	31 July 1943	17 January 1970	1975
D 560	Lanciere	Bath Iron Works	28 August 1941	7 June 1942	2 July 1969	January 1971

References

^ """"SI VIS PACEM PARA BELLUM""": I 175 caccia Fletcher della US NAVY e le unità cedute alla M.M.: il Fante (D 561), il Lanciere (D560) e il Geniere (D 555)". SI VIS PACEM PARA BELLUM. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
^ "Navi e Armatori - Approdi di Passione". www.naviearmatori.net. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
^ "Navi e Armatori - Approdi di Passione". www.naviearmatori.net. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
^ "Navi e Armatori - Approdi di Passione". www.naviearmatori.net. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

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v t e Ship classes of the Italian Navy
Aircraft carriers	Cavour^S Giuseppe Garibaldi^S
Amphibious ships	San Giorgio class LCM62 class MTM217 class MTP96 class
Destroyers	Nicoloso da Recco (Navigatori class)^C Grecale (Maestrale class)^C Granatiere (Soldati class)^C Artigliere class (Benson/Gleaves class)^X Fante class (Fletcher class)^X San Giorgio class Impetuoso class Impavido class Audace class Durand de la Penne class
Frigates	Aldebaran class (Cannon class)^X Centauro class Bergamini class Alpino class Lupo class Maestrale class Soldati class Orizzonte class Bergamini class
Corvettes	Antilope class Gabbiano class^C Alabarda^S Albatros class Sentinella^S Pietro De Cristofaro class Minerva class
Patrol boats	Comandanti class Cassiopea class Sirio class Esploratore class Thaon di Revel class
Submarines	Enrico Tazzoli class (Gato class)^X Evangelista Torricelli class (Balao class)^X Gianfranco Gazzana-Priaroggia class (Tench class)^X Livio Piomarta class (Tang class)^X Marconi class Toti class Sauro class Todaro (Type 212)^X SRV-300^S
Minesweepers	Gaeta class Lerici class
Auxiliary ships	Etna class Stromboli class Anteo^S Marino class Elettra^S Alliance^S Leonardo^S Ammiraglio Magnaghi^S Ninfe class Rossetti class Simeto class Bormida^S Panarea class Gorgona class Ponza class GGS 1012 class Atlante class Ciclope class RP 101 class RP 113 class RP 118 class Ercole^S Porto class Cheradi^S Argo^S
Training ships	Amerigo Vespucci Palinuro Italia Orsa Maggiore Caroly Capricia Stella Polare Corsaro II
Floating dry docks	GO 59 GO 58 GO 55 GO 52 GO 22 GO 20 GO 11
Future ships	LHD Trieste PPA LSS Vulcano Cabrini class (UNPAV) USSP UIOM DDX
S Single ship of class C Served in World War II X Imported

v t e Italian destroyers, frigates and corvette classes post-1945
Destroyers	Nicoloso da Recco (Navigatori) Grecale (Maestrale) Soldati Artigliere San Giorgio Impetuoso Impavido Fante Audace Durand de la Penne Orizzonte
Frigates	Aldebaran Centauro Bergamini Alpino Lupo Maestrale Soldati Orizzonte Bergamini
Corvettes	Antilope Gabbiano Alabarda Aldebaran Albatros Sentinella Pietro de Cristofaro Minerva