Ascari
| Country | Italy |
| Ship Class | Soldati-class Destroyer |
| Builder | OTO Livorno, Tuscany, Italy |
| Laid Down | 11 Dec 1937 |
| Launched | 31 Jul 1938 |
| Commissioned | 6 May 1939 |
| Sunk | 24 Mar 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 starshell gun, 12x13.2mm machine guns, 6x600mm torpedo tubes |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseDestroyer Ascari was named after Italian colonial troops. She took part of the successful attack on Harpoon convoy in Jun 1942. She was sunk after hitting a mine.
ww2dbaseSource: Wikipedia.
Last Major Revision: Dec 2007
Ascari Operational Timeline
| 6 May 1939 | Ascari was commissioned into service. |
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