Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi (1933)

Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1938
History
Italy
Name:	Giuseppe Garibaldi
Namesake:	Giuseppe Garibaldi
Builder:	CRDA
Laid down:	28 December 1933
Launched:	21 April 1936
Commissioned:	1 December 1937
Decommissioned:	1953
Refit:	1957-1961
Homeport:	Taranto
Motto:	"Obbedisco"
Fate:	Reconstructed from 1957
General characteristics
Class and type:	Duca degli Abruzzi-class cruiser
Displacement:	Standard: 11,350 t (11,170 long tons; 12,510 short tons) Full: 11,735 t (11,550 long tons; 12,936 short tons)
Length:	Waterline: 171.1 m (561 ft 4 in) Overall: 187 m (613 ft 6 in)
Beam:	18.9 m (62 ft 0 in)
Draught:	6.9 m (22 ft 8 in)
Propulsion:	8 Yarrow boilers 2 turbine gears 2 shafts Total output: 100,000 hp (75,000 kW)
Speed:	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range:	4,125 mi (6,639 km) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement:	640
Armament:	10 × 152/55 mm guns 8 × 100 mm (4 in) / 47 caliber guns 8 × 37 mm (1.5 in) 54-cal. guns 12 × 13.2 mm replaced with 12 × 20/65 mm Wartime additional: - 6 × 533 mm torpedo launchers (removed in 1945) 2 × anti-submarines mortars
Armour:	Outer Belt: 30 mm (1.2 in) Inner Belt: 100 mm (3.9 in) Main Deck: 40 mm (1.6 in) Upper Deck: 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in) Turrets: 135 mm (5.3 in) Barbettes: 30–100 mm (1.2–3.9 in) Outer Bulkheads: 30 mm (1.2 in) Inner Bulkheads: 100 mm (3.9 in) Conning Tower: 30–140 mm (1.2–5.5 in)
Aircraft carried:	4 x Ro.43
Garibaldi in 1961
Italy
Name:	Giuseppe Garibaldi
Builder:	La Spezia Arsenal
Laid down:	Reconstruction started in 1957
Launched:	1961
Commissioned:	1961
Decommissioned:	1972
Struck:	1976
Homeport:	Taranto
Motto:	"Obbedisco"
Fate:	Scrapped
Notes:	Pennant 551
General characteristics
Class and type:	none
Type:	Guided missile cruiser
Displacement:	Standard: 9,195 t (9,050 long tons; 10,136 short tons) Full: 11,350 t (11,170 long tons; 12,510 short tons)
Length:	Waterline: 171.1 m (561 ft 4 in) Overall: 187 m (613 ft 6 in)
Beam:	18.9 m (62 ft 0 in)
Draught:	6.7 m (22 ft 0 in)
Propulsion:	6 Yarrow boilers 2 turbine gears 2 shafts Total output: 85,000 hp (63,000 kW)
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range:	4,125 mi (6,639 km) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement:	640
Sensors and processing systems:	1× AN/SPS-6 surface surveillance radar 1× MM/SPQ-2 navigation/surface surveillance radar 1× AN/SPS-39 Freescan 3D anti-air surveillance radar 1× Argos 5000 air surveillance radar 2× AN/SPG-55 tracking radars
Armament:	2× Twin 135/45 mm gun 8× Oto Melara 76/62mm MMI gun 4× UGM-27 Polaris missile launchers 1× Mk 4 twin-arm launcher for RIM-2 Terrier SAM
Armour:	max 140 mm (5.5 in) (vertical) 40 mm (1.6 in) (horizontal)

Giuseppe Garibaldi was an Italian Duca degli Abruzzi-class light cruiser, that served in the Regia Marina during World War II. After the war she was retained by the Marina Militare and upgraded. She was built by CRDA, in Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino shipyard Trieste and named after the Italian general Giuseppe Garibaldi.

Decommissioned in 1953, Giuseppe Garibaldi was converted between 1957 and 1961, at the La Spezia shipyards, into a guided missile cruiser.

The Duca degli Abruzzi-class cruisers were the final version of the Condottieri-class and were larger and better protected than their predecessors. The armament was also increased by two extra 152 mm guns, triple turrets replaced twins in the "A" and "Y" positions. The machinery was also revised which led to these ships having a slightly slower maximum speed than their predecessors.

On 9 July at the Battle of Calabria Giuseppe Garibaldi along with her sister, Duca degli Abruzzi, fired the first rounds of the engagement. During the engagement, splinters from a 6-inch round fired by Giuseppe Garibaldi hit the British cruiser HMS Neptune, damaging her catapult and the reconnaissance aircraft beyond repair.

On 1 September, she was part of the fleet that attempted to intercept the Hats convoy and on 29 September, Giuseppe Garibaldi and the rest of the Italian fleet made another ineffectual sortie against Operation MB 5, a successful British attempt to ressuply Malta. On 11 November, Giuseppe Garibaldi was anchored at Taranto when British aircraft attacked the Italian fleet in the harbour.

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