Italian destroyer Audace (D 551)

	Audace in La Spezia on 9 November 2008.
History
Italy
Name	Audace
Namesake	Audace
Operator	Italian Navy
Builder	Cantiere navale di Riva Trigoso shipyards
Laid down	17 April 1968
Launched	2 October 1971
Commissioned	16 November 1972
Decommissioned	28 September 2006
Identification	Pennant number: D 551
Fate	Scrapped in Aliaga Turkey 2018
General characteristics
Class & type	Audace-class destroyer
Displacement	4,554 tons full load
Length	140.7 m (461 ft 7 in)
Beam	14.7 m (48 ft 3 in)
Draught	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2-shaft geared steam turbines; 4 × Foster Wheeler boilers providing 73,000 hp (54,000 kW);
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Complement	380
Armament	As built:; 2 × Otobreda 127 mm gun; 4 × Oto Melara 76/62 mm Compact gun; 1 × Tartar SAM system; 2 × 324 mm triple torpedo launchers; 2 × 533 mm triple torpedo launchers; Post 1987–1990 modernization:; 1 × Otobreda 127 mm gun; 4 × Oto Melara 76/62 mm Super Rapido gun; 1 × Mk.29 octuple launcher for Sea Sparrow/Selenia Aspide SAM; 1 × Mk 13 launcher with 40 Standard SM-1MR missiles; 8 × OTOMAT SSMs; 2 × 324 mm triple torpedo launchers;
Aircraft carried	2 AB-212ASW helicopters

Audace (D 551) is the lead ship of the Audace-class destroyer of the Italian Navy.