Italian frigate Carabiniere (F 581)

	Carabiniere docked in Málaga in April 1989
History
Italy
Name	Carabiniere
Namesake	Carabiniere
Ordered	1959
Builder	Cantieri Navali Riuniti (CNR), Riva Trigoso, Genoa
Laid down	9 January 1965
Launched	30 September 1967
Commissioned	28 April 1968
Decommissioned	19 November 2008
Motto	Italian: Nei secoli fedele “Faithful throughout the centuries”
General characteristics as built
Type	Frigate
Displacement	Standard: 2,000 long tons (2,032 t); Full load: 2,700 long tons (2,743 t);
Length	113.30 m (371 ft 9 in)
Beam	13.10 m (43 ft 0 in)
Draught	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	2-shaft CODAG; 2 Tosi-Metrovick gas turbines 15,000 shp (11,000 kW); 4 Tosi diesel engines 16,800 shp (12,500 kW);
Speed	28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph) with gas turbines and diesels; 24 kn (44 km/h; 28 mph) with diesels only;
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) (diesels)
Complement	13 officers and 130 ratings
Sensors and ; processing systems	Radar:; SPS-12 air search; SPQ-2 air/surface search/navigation; RTN-30, 3 RTN-10X Orion fire control; Sonar:; SQS-43 hull sonar; SQA-10 VDS;
Armament	6 × Oto Melara 76 mm (3 in)/62 Allargato anti-aircraft gun; 1 × 305 mm (12 in) Menon anti-submarine mortar; 2 × Mark 32 triple 324 mm (13 in) torpedo tubes for Mark 44 torpedoes;
Aircraft carried	2 × AB-204 or AB-212ASW helicopters
Aviation facilities	Telescopic hangar for 2 medium helicopters.

Carabiniere was a frigate operated by the Italian Navy. Launched in 1967, the vessel served in the anti-submarine role during the Cold War until 1992. The ship was then recommissioned as a testing platform for new weapons systems, including Aster, finally retiring in 2008.

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