Destroyer Alfredo Oriani

Alfredo Oriani

Country	Italy
Ship Class	Oriani-class Destroyer
Builder	OTO Livorno, Tuscany, Italy
Commissioned	15 Jul 1937
Decommissioned	1 Jan 1954
Displacement	1,559 tons standard; 2,470 tons full
Length	350 feet
Beam	33 feet
Draft	11 feet
Machinery	Three Thornycroft boilers, two Parsons steam turbines, two shafts
Power Output	48,000 shaft horsepower
Speed	38 knots
Range	2,190nm at 18 knots
Crew	207
Armament	2x2x120mm guns, 2x2x37mm guns, 6x13.2mm guns, 2x3x533mm torpedo tubes, 56 mines

Contributor: C. Peter Chen

ww2dbaseDestroyer Alfredo Oriani participated in the Battle of Matapan in Mar 1941, in which she sustained damage. In Jun 1942, she successfully attacked the Allied convoy for Malta during Operation Harpoon. After the Italian armistice, she was interned at Malta. When the European War ended, she was given to France as war reparations, serving as the French destroyer D'Estaing until 1954.

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Last Major Revision: Dec 2007

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Alfredo Oriani and her crew in port, circa 1940

Destroyer Alfredo Oriani at La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy, late 1943

Alfredo Oriani Operational Timeline

15 Jul 1937	Alfredo Oriani was commissioned into service.
13 Nov 1942	Battleship USS Indiana, cruiser USS Columbia, and destroyers USS Saufley, and USS DeHaven transited the Panama Canal.
14 Nov 1942	Battleship USS Indiana, cruiser USS Columbia, and destroyers USS Saufley, and USS DeHaven departed the Panama Canal Zone bound for Tonga in the South Pacific.
17 Nov 1942	Battleship USS Indiana, cruiser USS Columbia, and destroyers USS Saufley, and USS DeHaven crossed the equator bound for Tonga in the South Pacific.
28 Nov 1942	Battleship USS Indiana, cruiser USS Columbia, and destroyers USS Saufley, and USS DeHaven arrived at Tongatabu Harbor, Kingdom of Tonga.
30 Nov 1942	Battleship USS Indiana, cruiser USS Columbia, and destroyers USS Saufley, and USS DeHaven departed Tongatabu Harbor, Tonga bound for Nouméa, New Caledonia. The task group crossed the 180th Meridian that evening.
1 Jan 1954	Alfredo Oriani was decommissioned from service.

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