Italian destroyer Luca Tarigo

	Luca Tarigo prior to 1938
History
Kingdom of Italy
Name	Luca Tarigo
Namesake	Luca Tarigo
Builder	Gio. Ansaldo & C., Genoa-Sestri Ponente
Laid down	30 August 1927
Launched	9 December 1928
Completed	16 November 1929
Fate	Sunk by gunfire, 16 April 1941
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Navigatori-class destroyer
Displacement	1,900 long tons (1,930 t) (standard); 2,580 long tons (2,621 t) (full load);
Length	107.3 m (352 ft)
Beam	10.2 m (33 ft 6 in)
Draught	3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
Installed power	4 water-tube boilers; 55,000 hp (41,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	32 knots (59.3 km/h; 36.8 mph)
Range	3,800 nmi (7,000 km; 4,400 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) (designed)
Complement	222–225 (wartime)
Armament	3 × twin 120 mm (4.7 in) guns; 2 × single 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns; 4 × twin 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns; 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes; 86–104 mines;

Luca Tarigo was one of a dozen Navigatori-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the late 1920s. Completed in 1929, she served in World War II.

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