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LIVIO PIOMARTA submarines (1952 / 1973 - 1974)


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Livio Piomatra 1979  

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Livio Piomatra (ex-Trigger) S515   Electric Boat, Groton, USA 24.2.1949 14.6.1951 31.3.1952 // 10.7.1973 stricken 2.1986
Romeo Romei (ex-Harder) S516   Electric Boat, Groton, USA 30.6.1950 3.12.1951 19.8.1952 // 20.2.1974 stricken 5.1988


Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement normal, t

1821 / 2500

Length, m

84.8

Breadth, m

8.30

Draught, m

5.20

No of shafts

2

Machinery

SS515: 3 General Motors diesel-generators, 2 electric motors

SS516: 3 Fairbank Morse diesel-generators, 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

4500 / 5600

Max speed, kts

15.5 / 16

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)11500(10) / 130 (3)
Armament

8 - 533 TT (6 bow Mk 43, 2 stern Mk 44, 26 torpedoes or 40 mines)

Electronic equipment

BPS-12 radar, BQS-4, BQR-2 sonars, BLR-1 ECM suite

Complement

83

Diving depth operational, m

210



Standard scale images


<i>Livio Piomatra </i>1980
Livio Piomatra 1980


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<i>Livio Piomatra </i>1979  
Livio Piomatra 1979  


Project history

The Tangs were the immediate successors to the GUPPYs and Fleet Snorkels which the Italian Navy had received. They were equipped with the PUFFS passive ranging/fire control array.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.