Italian cruiser Vittorio Veneto

	Vittorio Veneto in 2001
History
Italy
Name	Vittorio Veneto
Namesake	Vittorio Veneto
Builder	Italcantieri
Laid down	10 June 1965
Launched	5 February 1967
Commissioned	12 July 1969
Decommissioned	Placed into reserve 1 November 2003; Decommissioned 29 June 2006;
Homeport	Taranto
Identification	- Pennant number: 550; - Hull number: 639 (790);
Motto	Victoria nobis vita
Fate	Scrapped at Aliaga Turkey 2021
General characteristics
Type	Helicopter cruiser
Displacement	7,500 tons standard; 9,550 tons full loaded;
Length	179.6 m (589 ft)
Beam	19.4 m (64 ft)
Draught	6.0 m (19.7 ft)
Installed power	4 Foster Wheeler boilers, 73,000 shp (54,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shaft geared turbines
Speed	30.5 knots (56.5 km/h; 35.1 mph)
Range	5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	557
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 × SPS-52 early warning radar; 1 × SPS-768 long range radar; 1 × SPQ-2 surface radar; 2 × SPG-55 missile fire control radar; 4 × Orion 10X fire control radar; 2 × Orion 20X fire control radar; 1 × navigation radar;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	2 × SCLAR decoy launcher; 1 × ECM system; 1 × TACAN;
Armament	As built:; 1 × Mk 10 twin-arm launcher for 40 RIM-2 Terrier and 20 ASROC missiles; 8 × Oto Melara 76/62mm MMI or 76/62 mm Compact gun; 2 × 324 mm triple torpedo tubes; Post 1980-1982 modernization:; 1 × Mk 10 twin-arm launcher with 40 Standard SM-1ER and 20 RUR-5 "ASROC" missiles; 8 × Oto Melara 76 mm (3 in)/62 MMI or Compact gun; 3 × Oto Melara Twin 40 mm (1.6 in)/L70 DARDO; 4 × OTOMAT SSMs; 2 × 324 mm triple torpedo tubes;
Aircraft carried	9 Augusta AB204 or Augusta AB 212 helicopters or 6 AB-61 helicopters

Vittorio Veneto was a helicopter cruiser that served with the Italian Navy. Originally intended to be a class of two ships specifically designed for anti-submarine warfare (ASW), only Vittorio Veneto entered into service in 1969, its sister ship Italia being cancelled. Vittorio Veneto was placed into reserve in 2003 and decommissioned in 2006. This ship has the same general layout as the smaller Andrea Doria-class helicopter cruisers, but with two elevators in the flight deck and the hangar below, rather than with the hangar as part of the superstructure. It was named for the decisive Battle of Vittorio Veneto which ended World War I on the Italian front.

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