ITS FANTE D 561

D 561   FANTE   Malta   ?????                                                    ( Original  b & w negative in collection )

D 561   FANTE
FLAG : ITALY
TYPE : FLETCHER - CLASS DESTROYER
LAID DOWN : 31 August 1942  ( as USS  DD 517 )
LAUNCHED  : 31 January 1943  ( as USS  DD 517 )
COMMISSIONED : 03 April 1943  ( as USS  DD 517 )
DECOMMISSIONED : 1977  ( as ITS FANTE  D 561 )

PREVIOUS NAME :
USS  WALKER  DD 517

The USS WALKER was decommissioned on 2 July 1969 and stricken from the Naval Register for the transfer to ITALY.  She was recommissioned as the ITS FANTE D 561.
Decommissioned in 1977 and broken up for scrap.