Italian frigate Orsa

Orsa (F 567) is the fourth ship of the Lupo-class frigate of the Italian Navy. She was sold to Peruvian Navy in the 2000s.^[1]

Aguirre underway in Jacksonville on 4 May 2009.
History
Italy
Name	Orsa
Namesake	Orsa
Builder	Cantiere navale del Muggiano, Muggiano
Laid down	1 August 1977
Launched	1 March 1979
Commissioned	1 March 1980
Decommissioned	2003
Homeport	La Spezia
Identification	Pennant number: F 567
Motto	Fortitude Fortior
Fate	Sold to Peruvian Navy
History
Peru
Name	Aguirre
Commissioned	3 November 2004
Homeport	Callao
Identification	Pennant number: FM-55
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Carvajal-class frigate
Displacement	2,206 tonnes (2,525 tonnes full load)
Length	113.2 m (371 ft 5 in) overall 106.0 m (347 ft 9 in) waterline
Beam	11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)
Draught	3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	2-shaft CODOG system 2 GE / Fiat LM2500 gas turbines 50,000 shp (37,000 kW) 2 GMT A230-20 diesel engines 7,800 shp (5,800 kW)
Range	4,350 nmi (8,056 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement	199 (22 officers)
Sensors and processing systems	Selenia IPN-10 action data automation (CMS) 1 RAN-10S early warning radar 1 RAN-11L/X surface search radar 2 RTN-10X fire control radar 2 RTN-20X fire control radar 1 Decca BridgeMaster II navigation radar EDO 610E(P) hull sonar
Armament	8 Otomat Mk 2 SSMs 1 Albatros octuple launcher for Aspide SAM 2 ILAS-3 triple torpedo tubes 1 OTO Melara 127 mm/54 gun 2 OTO Melara Twin 40L70 DARDO compact gun
Aircraft carried	1 AB-212ASW helicopter or 1 ASH-3D Sea King (deck only)
Aviation facilities	Fixed hangar for 1 medium helicopter

Aguirre (FM-55) is one of eight Carvajal-class frigates of the Peruvian Navy.

Construction and career

Italian service

For other ships with the same name, see Italian ship Orsa.

The ship initially built for the Italian Navy and was named Perseo with a pennant of F 566. The ship was laid down on 1 August 1977, was launched on 1 March 1979 by the shipyard Riva Trigoso and commissioned in the Italian Navy on 1 March 1980.^[2]

Peruvian service

For other ships with the same name, see BAP Aguirre.

She was commissioned on 3 November 2004 . For its commissioning process, Coronel Bolognesi sailed from the port of La Spezia in the Mediterranean Sea, across the Atlantic Ocean and into the Pacific Ocean via the Panama Canal, and south to its base in Callao.