Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi (1936)
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| Builder: | Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico |
| Laid down: | 28 December 1933 |
| Launched: | 21 April 1936 |
| Motto: | "Obbedisco" |
| Fate: | Reconstructed from 1957 |
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| Displacement: | 11,350 tons (11,735 full load) |
| Length: | 171.1-187 m |
| Beam: | 18.9 m |
| Draught: | 6.9 m |
| Propulsion: | 6 Yarrow boilers 2 turbine gears 2 shafts Power: 100,000 hp |
| Speed: | 34 knots |
| Range: | 4,125 miles at 13 knots |
| Complement: | 640 crew |
| Armament: | 10 x 152/55 mm 8x100/47 mm 8x37/54 mm 12x13.2 mm replaced with 12x20/65 mm during the war 6x533 mm torpedo launchers removed in 1945 2 x anti-submarines bombers |
| Armor: | max 140 mm (vertical) 40 mm (horizontal) |
| Aircraft carried: | 4 IMAM Ro.43 |
Giuseppe Garibaldi was an Italian Duca degli Abruzzi class light cruiser, that served in the Regia Marina during World War II. After the war she was retained by the Marina Militare and rebuilt. She was built by CRDA, Trieste and named after the Italian general Giuseppe Garibaldi.
Decommissioned in 1953, Giuseppe Garibaldi was converted between 1957 and 1961, at the La Spezia shipyards, into a guided missile cruiser.
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[edit] Design
The Duca degli Abruzzi class cruisers were the final version of the Condottieri class and were larger and better protected than their predecessors. The armament was also increased by two extra 152 mm guns, triple turrets replaced twins in the A and Y positions. The machinery was also revised which led to these ships having a slightly slower maximum speed than their predecessors.
[edit] World War II service
[edit] 1940
- 9 July: Battle of Calabria, during which a shell from Giuseppe Garibaldi hit HMS Neptune, damaging her catapult and the reconnaissance aircraft
- 1 September: operation Hats
- 29 September: operation MB 5
- 11 November: present during the Night of Taranto when Italian fleet attacked at anchor by Royal Navy aircraft
[edit] 1941
- 27 March: Battle of Cape Matapan. The commander of the ship is the Capitano di Vascello (Captain) Stanislao Caraciotti;
- 8 May: Tiger convoy
- 28 July: damaged by British submarine Upholder
- 20 November: Force K in Malta
[edit] 1942
After the armistice (8 September 1943), she operated in the Atlantic ocean together with Allied ships.
[edit] Recommissioning as a guided missile cruiser
 Giuseppe Garibaldi |
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| Career (Italy) | |
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| Name: | Giuseppe Garibaldi |
| Builder: | La Spezia Arsenal |
| Laid down: | Reconstruction started in 1957 |
| Launched: | 1961 |
| Decommissioned: | 1971 |
| Homeport: | Taranto |
| Motto: | "Obbedisco" |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 9,195 tons standard 11,350 tons full loaded |
| Length: | 187 m |
| Beam: | 18.9 m |
| Draught: | 6.7 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft geared turbines 6 Yarrow/Brown Boveri boilers, 100,000 hp |
| Speed: | 30 knots |
| Range: | 4,500 miles at 20 knots |
| Complement: | 665 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
1 x AN/SPS-6 naval survey radar 1 x MM/SPQ-2 navigation/surface survey radar 1 x 3D anti-aircraft suvery radar AN/SPS-39 Freescan 1 x air discover radar Argos 5000 2 x AN/SPG-55 tracking radars |
| Armament: | 2 x Twin 135/45 mm gun 8 × Oto Melara 76/62 mm MMI gun 4 x UGM-27 Polaris missile launchers 1 x Mk 10 twin-arm launcher for RIM-2 Terrier SAM |
| Notes: | Pennant 551 |
After the war she was retained by the Marina Militare and modernized with minor changes of the armament and a radar. She was decommissioned in 1953 and reconstructed as a guided missile cruiser.
The new ship was rebuilt in the La Spezia Arsenal starting from 1957, and, at her completion in 1961, she was named flagship of the Italian Navy.
The reconstruction included a complete overhauling of the superstructure, while the hull kept its original dimensions.
Apart from some minor changes, much of the latter's rebuilding included four launchers for US UGM-27 Polaris nuclear ballistic missiles. Despite the successful launching tests, the US never provided the missiles, due to political convenience.
The propulsion system remained the same. The rest of the armament was radically altered: a RIM-2 Terrier missile launcher made Giuseppe Garibaldi the first missile cruiser in Europe. The previous artillery was replaced by four 135/45 mm guns in two twin turrets and eight Oto Melara 76/62 mm Type MMI AA guns.
Electronics included several radars and fire control systems.
She was decommissioned in 1971 and scrapped the following year.
[edit] Other ships with the same name
Giuseppe Garibaldi is the third ship of the Italian Navy named after the 19th century Italian General Giuseppe Garibaldi. Previous ships with the same name are:
The aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi, launched in 1983 and commissioned on September 30, 1985, is in service as flagship of Marina Militare.
All the ships named Garibaldi had as motto "Obbedisco".
[edit] References
- Conway's All the World Fighting's Ships 1947-1995. ISBN 1557501327.
[edit] External links
- Italian light cruiser Garibaldi on Marina Militare official web site
- Italian guided missile cruiser Garibaldi on Marina Militare official web site
