page_title: Impetuoso-class destroyer
section_title: Ships
hierarchical_section_title: Impetuoso-class destroyer / Ships
caption_attribution_description: The Italian destroyer Impetuoso (D558) is refueled the U.S. Navy replenishment oiler USS Kalamazoo (AOR-6) in the Mediterranean Sea during the NATO exercise "Dawn Patrol", in May 1977.
context_page_description: The Impetuoso class were the first post-World War II destroyers built for the Italian Navy. The hull design was based on the uncompleted Comandante-class destroyers but American equipment was used. A scheme to install guided missiles during a modernisation programme was proposed but not carried out. The two ships were ordered in 1952, entered service in 1957 and were retired in the early 1980s.
caption: Aft view of Impetuoso in May 1977.
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