The Comandanti Medaglie d'Oro class were a group of 20 destroyers ordered for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) during World War II.

By mid-1941, the Ministero della Marina (Navy Ministry) had concluded that its existing destroyer building program was insufficient to replace its losses and authorized a new design that would incorporate the war experience gained thus far.

The anti-aircraft armament of the preceding Soldati class had proven inadequate as had their sustained speed and range.

General Carlo Sigismondi of the Corps of Naval Engineering, assisted by Lieutenant Colonel Giuseppe Malagoli, decided upon an enlarged version of the Soldatis with 20% more horsepower and 30% more range.

[7] The secondary armament of the first series of the Comandanti Medaglie d'Oro-class ships was provided by a dozen single mounts for 54-caliber Breda Cannone-Mitragliera da 37/54 Mod.

[10] The first-series ships would have been fitted with a single RM-2 gunnery director on the roof of the bridge which was equipped with an EC-3 ter Gufo (Owl) search radar.

The second series were intended to incorporate another director amidships between the torpedo tubes to control the aft guns.

[6] The ships were named after captains who were posthumous recipients of the Medaglie d'Oro (Gold Medal of Military Valor).

By August 1943 material shortages had significantly slowed the pace of building so that the launching of the third-series ships was delayed until early 1946.