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M-5431 Storione

M-5431 Storione

Country: ItalyItaly

Class, [Type]: Agile, [MSO].

Builder: Martinolich Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, California, U.S.A.

Launch date: 13th November 1954.

Commission date: 23rd February 1956.

Decommission date: 1st March 1997.

Design

Displacement ( tons ): 637, 735 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 52,7 x 10,4 x 4

Main machinery: 2 x General Motors diesels ( 1.600 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 14.

Range ( miles ): 3.000 at 10 knots.

Complement: 70.

Guns: 1 x 40mm.

Radar: Surface: 1 x SPS 53; Navigation: 1 x SPN-703.

Sonar: UQS-1.

Callsign: IAKC (IndiaAlfaKiloCharlie)

Comment: Ex - MSO-506, Ex - AM-506. Reclassified to patrol duties at the end of her career in 1993, and changed to P5431.

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