After the design of the CRDA 60(t), also known as MS (Moto Silurante: Motor Torpedo boat), the Regia Marina saw the validity of using the CRDA 60(t) hull and modifying it with anti-submarine capabilities; this type of boat would be called VAS (Vedetta Anti Sommergibile: Anti-Submarine Boat Lookout). They were built in 3 series, with differences in construction material and armament, and were used for the role of escort and anti-submarine warfare. Used between 1942 and 1943 by the Regia Marina, only 14 survived to the end of the war, and they were then used to clear mines deployed during the war. The VAS 201 operated anti-submarine search missions in 1942-1943, and after WW2 was used as a minesweeper. On 15th May 1949, it was renamed VAS 711, and was used for coastal surveillance. The boat was put out of service and decommissioned on 1st November 1952.

Introduced along with the initial Italian naval tree in Update "Starfighters", the VAS 201 is a very slow ship with a mediocre armament consisting of two single 20 mm Breda cannons, 16 depth charges which find little utility due to the poor speed of the vessel, and finally two torpedoes with good performance with fairly destructive capabilities even against destroyers.