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AAmphibious assault ships
Amphibious assault ship with aircraft carrying capability
BAmphibious assault ships
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America-class amphibious assault shiplarger figure on 2 of 2
Measured figures
Length
Single source844 ft (257 m)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | America-class amphibious assault ship | Italian ship San Giusto |
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| Power | Two gas turbines , two shafts, with 70,000 bhp (52,000 kW) total; Two 5,000 hp (3,700 kW) auxiliary propulsion engines[source] | 2 × Grandi Motori Trieste GMT A 420.12 diesel engines (12.426 kW)[source] |
| Builders | Huntington Ingalls Industries Ingalls Shipbuilding Division[source] | — |
| Operators | United States Navy[source] | — |
| Preceded by | Wasp class[source] | — |
| Cost | US$10.094 billion – initial program cost for 3 ships ($3.4B/unit FY15) |
Italian ship San Giustolarger figure on 0 of 2
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
133 m (436 ft)[source]
at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Single source7,500 nautical miles (13,900 km; 8,600 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Built | 2008–[source] | — |
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| In commission | 2014–[source] | — |
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| Planned | 11[source] | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Type | Amphibious assault ship with aircraft carrying capability[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | AN/SPS-49 2-D Air Search Radar AN/SPS-48 G 3-D Air Search Radar AN/SPQ-9 B Surface Search Radar AN/USG-2 Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) SSDS MK2[source] | - SMA MM/SPQ 702 search radar - GEM Elettronica SPN-748 navigation radar - Selex ES RTN-10X fire control radar[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32B(V)2 2 × Mk53 Nulka decoy launchers[source] | Elettronica SpA INS-3 ECM/ESM suite[source] |
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| Armament | 2 × Rolling Airframe Missile launchers 2 × Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile launchers 2 × Phalanx CIWS 3 × Mk 38 Machine Gun Systems 7 × dual .50 caliber machine guns[source] | 1 × OTO Melara 76/62 mm Compatto gun 2 × OTO Melara KBA 25/80 mm guns.[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | AV-8B Harrier II F-35B Lightning II MV-22B Osprey CH-53E Super Stallion or CH-53K King Stallion UH-1Y Venom AH-1Z Viper MH-60S Knighthawk[source] | 3 × AW-101 or 5 × Agusta Bell AB-212 helicopters[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | Hangar deck[source] | Flight deck with three landing spots Helicopter lifts Vehicle deck[source] |
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| Country of origin | United States[source] United States[source] | — |
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| Troop capacity | 1,687 Marines[source]Marines in the sourced complement, separate from Navy officers and enlisted crew | 350 men with 30 medium tanks or 36 tracked armoured vehicles[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained |
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| Name | — | San Giusto[source] |
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| Namesake | — | St. Justus[source] |
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| Builder | — | Fincantieri-Cantieri Navali SpA , Riva Trigoso[source] |
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| Laid down | — | 19 August 1991[source] |
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| Launched | — | 2 December 1993[source] |
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| Commissioned | — | 14 April 1994[source] |
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| Home port | — | Brindisi[source] |
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| Motto | — | Coragio no manca co' semo nel giusto[source] |
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| Status | — | Active[source] |
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| Notes | — | Pennant number L 9894[source] |
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| Class & type | — | San Giorgio -class amphibious transport dock[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | — | Three LCM , three LCVP and a patrol craft[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 350 men with 30 medium tanks or 36 tracked armoured vehicles[source] |
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| Landing craft carried | — | Three LCM , three LCVP and a patrol craft[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained |
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