LUIGI DURAND DE LA PENNE (D-560) class

Country of Origin: Italy

ship list

 2 LUIGI DURAND DE LA PENNE-class GUIDED-MISSILE DESTROYERS (DDG)
 Name                       Pendant No.   Launched         Commissioned     Status
 LUIGI DURAND DE LA PENNE   D-560         Oct. 29, 1989    Dec. 11, 1993*   Active
   (ex-ANIMOSO)
 FRANCESCO MIMBELLI         D-561         April 13, 1991   Dec. 11, 1993*   Active
   (ex-ARDIMENTOSO)
 *Delivered March 18, 1993 and Oct. 19, 1993, respectively

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These ships, long known as "Super AUDACEs," are modernized versions of the...

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