For other ships with the same name, see Italian battleship Italia.
Littorio
History
Italy
Name
Littorio
Namesake
The Lictor, a symbol of Italian Fascism[1]
Operator
Regia Marina
Ordered
10 June 1934
Builder
Ansaldo, Genoa Sestri Ponente
Laid down
28 October 1934
Launched
22 August 1937
Sponsored by
Signora Teresa Ballerino Cabella
Commissioned
6 May 1940
Decommissioned
1 June 1948
Renamed
Italia
Stricken
1 June 1948
Fate
Scrapped at La Spezia 1952–54
General characteristics
Class and type
Littorio-class battleship
Displacement
Standard: 40,723 long tons (41,376 t)
Full load: 45,237 long tons (45,963 t)
Length
237.76 m (780 ft 1 in)
Beam
32.82 m (107 ft 8 in)
Draft
9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Installed power
8 × Yarrow boilers
128,200 shp (95,600 kW)
Propulsion
4 × steam turbines
4 × screw propellers
Speed
30 kn (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Range
3,920 mi (6,310 km; 3,410 nmi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement
1,830 to 1,950
Sensors and processing systems
EC 3 ter 'Gufo' radar
Armament
9 × 381 mm (15 in) guns
12 × 152 mm (6 in) guns
4 × 120 mm (4.7 in)/40 guns
12 × 90 mm (3.5 in) anti-aircraft guns
20 × 37 mm (1.5 in) guns
20 × 20 mm (0.79 in) guns
Armor
Main belt: 350 mm (14 in)
Deck: 162 mm (6.4 in)
Turrets: 350 mm
Conning tower: 260 mm (10 in)
Aircraft carried
3 aircraft (IMAM Ro.43 or Reggiane Re.2000)
Aviation facilities
1 stern catapult
Littorio was the lead ship of her class of battleship; she served in the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) during World War II. She was named after the Lictor ("Littorio" in Italian), in ancient times the bearer of the Roman fasces, which was adopted as the symbol of Italian Fascism. Littorio and her sister Vittorio Veneto were built in response to the French battleships Dunkerque and Strasbourg. They were Italy's first modern battleships, and the first 35,000-ton capital ships of any nation to be laid down under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty. Littorio was laid down in October 1934, launched in August 1937, and completed in May 1940.
Shortly after her commissioning, Littorio was badly damaged during the British air raid on Taranto on 11 November 1940, which put her out of action until the following March. Littorio thereafter took part in several sorties to catch the British Mediterranean Fleet, most of which failed to result in any action, the notable exception being the Second Battle of Sirte in March 1942, where she damaged several British warships. Littorio was renamed Italia in July 1943 after the fall of the Fascist government. On 9 September 1943, the Italian fleet was attacked by German bombers while it was on its way to internment. During this action, which saw the destruction of her sister Roma, Italia herself was hit by a Fritz X radio-controlled bomb, causing significant damage to her bow. As part of the armistice agreement, Italia was interned at Malta, Alexandria, and finally in the Great Bitter Lake in the Suez Canal, where she remained until 1947. Italia was awarded to the United States as a war prize and scrapped at La Spezia in 1952–54.
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