Italian destroyer Andrea Doria

	Andrea Doria on 26 October 2013
History
Italy
Name	Andrea Doria
Namesake	Andrea Doria
Ordered	27 October 2000
Builder	Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso shipyards
Laid down	19 July 2002
Launched	14 October 2005
Commissioned	22 December 2007
Identification	MMSI number: 247150600; Callsign: IADO; Pennant number: D 553;
Motto	Altius Tendam
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Orizzonte-class destroyer
Displacement	7,050 t (7.770 t) Full load
Length	152.9 m (501.6 ft)
Beam	20.3 m (66.6 ft)
Draft	7.6 m (24.9 ft)
Installed power	4 diesel generators Isotta Fraschini VL1716T2ME (1,680 KW each); 2 power stations;
Propulsion	CODOG:; 2 GE/Avio LM2500 Gas Turbine Engines 20.5 MW each; 2 SEMT Pielstick 12 PA6 STC Diesel Engines 4.32 MW each; 2 Variable pitch propellers; 1 Bow thruster;
Speed	29 kn (Gas Turbines Engines); 18 kn (Diesel Engines);
Range	7,000 NM at 18 kn; 3,500 NM at 24 kn;
Endurance	45 days
Capacity	Accommodations for 255
Complement	24 officers; 87 petty officers; 82 sailors;
Crew	193 + 37 Staff including Boarding/Security and Flight teams
Sensors and ; processing systems	Surface search radar in E/F band Selex RAN 30X/I (RASS); Multi-functional 3D phased array radar in G band Selex SPY-790 (EMPAR) (Principal sensor of PAAMS); Long Range 3D Radar in D band Thales/Selex S1850M; Secondary Surveillance Radar Selex SIR R/S; Navigation and Helo decking radar in I band Selex SPN 753(V)4 (NAVR); 2 Multi-Sensor target indiction system NA 25X (Radar and electro-optical sensor RTN-30X); Bispectral IR detection and tracking system Sagem Vampir MB (IRAS); ESM System SLQ-750 made-up by a WB (Wideband) receiver and 2 HSFA (Superheterodyne) receivers; Medium frequency hull sonar Thales UMS 4110CL; Electronic Warfare (Nettuno 4100):; 2 Radar Jammers; 2 Oto Melara SCLAR-H decoys launcher system for chaff and flares; Anti-torpedo system SLAT:; Low frequency towed array sonar; 2 acoustic decoy launchers, WASS (Leonardo);
Armament	Artillery:; 3 Oto Melara 76/62 mm Super-Rapid guns (ILDS, updated to Strales version since 2018); 2 Oto Melara Oerlikon KBA 25/80 mm guns; 2 SITEP LRAD MASS CS-424 acoustic guns (since 2018); Torpedoes:; 2 EuroTorp torpedo tubes B515/1 with semi-automatic handling system for MU 90 lightweight torpedoes; Missiles:; PAAMS; (Principal Anti-Air Missile System) 6 DCNS Vertical Launch System Sylver A50 modules with 48 cells for MBDA short range Aster 15 or medium range Aster 30 missiles + fitted for 16 cells additional; fitted for 8 S/S Teseo Mk2/A missile launchers;
Aircraft carried	hangar 15mx12m 1 or 2 AgustaWestland AW101; or; 1 or 2 NHIndustries NH90; armed with MU90 torpedoes or Marte Mk2/S A/S missiles;

Andrea Doria is a destroyer of the Italian Navy. She and her sister Caio Duilio form the Andrea Doria class; in turn these two ships, and the French vessels Forbin and Chevalier Paul, belong to the Horizon class. Andrea Doria has the hull number D 553 according to NATO classification.

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