Category:Palmaria (A 5368)

Marina Militare

Type	Auxiliary ship
Ship class	Ponza
Built by	Cantiere navale Mario Morini, Ancona
Launch date	March 25, 1987
Completion date	February 25, 1989
Length overall	56.7 m (62 yd)
Beam	10 m (10.9 yd)
Draft	2.4 m (94.4 in)
Displacement	584 t (1,296,830.40 lb)
Main engine	2⨯ Isotta Fraschini ID-36-SS-8V diesel engines
Speed	14 knots

is normally used in the activities related to the maintenance and modernization of the coastal signaling, to provide logistic support and ensure the supply of drinking water and fuel to other ships or islands.