Italian ship Argo (MEN209)

History

Italy
Name	Argo
Namesake	Argo
Ordered	1
Builder	Italcraft Gaeta (Latina)
Laid down	15 April 1971
Launched	20 October 1971
Commissioned	3 January 1972
In service	1
Homeport	La Spezia
Identification	Pennant number: ex MEN209
Motto	Alacre sopra le onde
Status	Active
General characteristics
Type	Presidential yacht
Displacement	64.47 t (63.45 long tons) full load
Length	24.36 m (79 ft 11 in) LOA
Beam	5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
Draught	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	- 2 x diesel engines C.R.M. 18D/S-2, 990 kW (1,330 bhp) each - 2 x shaft and propellers
Speed	+25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range	500 nmi (930 km; 580 mi)
Complement	- 7, of which: - 1 x officer - 6 x sailors
Sensors and processing systems	navigation radar

Argo (ex MEN209) is a Presidential yacht of the Italian Navy (Marina Militare).^[1] The vessel is based at La Spezia classified as a Nave servizi vari (utility vessel).

References[]

^ http://www.marina.difesa.it/uominimezzi/navi/Pagine/Argo.aspx

External links[]

Argo (MEN 209) Marina Militare website

v t Italian Navy
Components	Organization Chief of Staff of the Italian Navy Italian Coast Guard COMSUBIN Commander in Chief Naval Fleet
Fleet Command	San Marco Marine Brigade Naval Aviation
Equipment	Ships active inactive Aircraft
Schools	Francesco Morosini Naval School Naval Academy
History and traditions	Regia Marina Decima Flottiglia MAS Battle of Lissa Operation Mare Nostrum Naval Museum Technical Naval Museum at La Spezia
Related	Italian Navy ranks Corps of Naval Engineering La Spezia Naval Base

v t Ship classes of the Italian Navy
Aircraft carriers	Cavour^S Giuseppe Garibaldi^S
Amphibious ships	San Giorgio class LCM62 class MTM217 class MTP96 class
Destroyers	Nicoloso da Recco (Navigatori class)^C Grecale ( Maestrale class)^C Granatiere (Soldati class)^C Artigliere class ( Benson/ Gleaves class)^X Fante class ( Fletcher class)^X San Giorgio class Impetuoso class Impavido class Audace class Durand de la Penne class
Frigates	Aldebaran class ( Cannon class)^X Centauro class Bergamini class Alpino class Lupo class Maestrale class Soldati class Orizzonte class Bergamini class
Corvettes	Gabbiano class^C ^S Albatros class ^S Minerva class
Patrol boats	Comandanti class Cassiopea class Sirio class Esploratore class Thaon di Revel class
Submarines	( Gato class)^X ( Balao class)^X Gianfranco Gazzana-Priaroggia class ( Tench class)^X ( Tang class)^X Toti class Sauro class Todaro (Type 212)^X SRV-300^S
Minesweepers	Gaeta class Lerici class
Auxiliary ships	Etna class Stromboli class Anteo^S Marino class Elettra^S Alliance^S Leonardo^S Ammiraglio Magnaghi^S Ninfe class Rossetti class Simeto class Bormida^S Panarea class Gorgona class Ponza class GGS 1012 class Atlante class Ciclope class RP 101 class RP 113 class RP 118 class Ercole^S Porto class Cheradi^S Argo^S
Training ships	Amerigo Vespucci Palinuro Italia Orsa Maggiore Caroly Capricia Stella Polare Corsaro II
Floating dry docks	GO 59 GO 58 GO 55 GO 52 GO 22 GO 20 GO 11
Future ships	LHD Trieste PPA LSS Vulcano Cabrini class (UNPAV) USSP UIOM DDX
S Single ship of class C Served in World War II X Imported