Italian destroyer Ardito (D 550)

	Ardito in La Spezia on 20 June 2016.
History
Italy
Name	Ardito
Namesake	Ardito
Operator	Italian Navy
Builder	Cantiere navale di Castellammare di Stabia
Laid down	19 July 1968
Launched	27 November 1971
Commissioned	5 December 1972
Decommissioned	28 September 2006
Identification	Pennant number: D 550 ; ITU Call Sign: IARD;
Motto	NIHIL OBEST
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

Ardito (D 550) is the second ship of the Audace-class destroyer of the Italian Navy.