Italian destroyer Intrepido (D 571)

Intrepido (D 571) is the second ship of the Impavido-class destroyer of the Italian Navy.

Development
The Impavido-class were the first guided missile destroyers of the Italian Navy. The vessels were commissioned in the early 1960s and were roughly equal to the American Charles F. Adams-class destroyer. Both classes shared the Tartar missile system, with a Mk 13 launcher, and carried around 40 missiles. They had two fire control radars to guide their weaponry and all this was fitted in the aft of the ship. Both classes also had two single 127 mm guns, but the American ships had these in single mountings and in a new model, the Mk 42, one fore and the other aft, while the Impavido-class made use of an older Mk 38 dual turret.

Construction and career
She is laid down on 16 May 1959 and launched on 21 October 1962 by Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando. Commissioned on 28 July 1964 with the hull number D 571 and decommissioned in August 1991.