Corsaro
| Country | Italy |
| Ship Class | Soldati-class Destroyer |
| Builder | OTO Livorno, Tuscany, Italy |
| Commissioned | 16 May 1942 |
| Sunk | 9 Jan 1943 |
| Displacement | 1,620 tons standard; 2,550 tons full |
| Length | 350 feet |
| Beam | 33 feet |
| Draft | 10 feet |
| Machinery | Three Yarrow boilers, two Belluzzo or Parsons type turbines, two shafts |
| Power Output | 48,000 shaft horsepower |
| Speed | 38 knots |
| Range | 2,200nm at 20 knots |
| Crew | 206 |
| Armament | 2x2x120mm guns, 1x120mm gun, 12x20mm guns, 6x533mm torpedo tubes |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseDestroyer Corsaro was named after corsairs. She was sunk after hitting mines.
ww2dbaseSource: Wikipedia.
Last Major Revision: Dec 2007
Corsaro Operational Timeline
| 16 May 1942 | Corsaro was commissioned into service. |
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