Destroyer Corsaro

Corsaro

Country	Italy
Ship Class	Soldati-class Destroyer
Builder	OTO Livorno, Tuscany, Italy
Commissioned	16 May 1942
Sunk	9 Jan 1943
Displacement	1,620 tons standard; 2,550 tons full
Length	350 feet
Beam	33 feet
Draft	10 feet
Machinery	Three Yarrow boilers, two Belluzzo or Parsons type turbines, two shafts
Power Output	48,000 shaft horsepower
Speed	38 knots
Range	2,200nm at 20 knots
Crew	206
Armament	2x2x120mm guns, 1x120mm gun, 12x20mm guns, 6x533mm torpedo tubes

Contributor: C. Peter Chen

ww2dbaseDestroyer Corsaro was named after corsairs. She was sunk after hitting mines.

ww2dbaseSource: Wikipedia.

Last Major Revision: Dec 2007

Corsaro Operational Timeline

16 May 1942

Corsaro was commissioned into service.

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