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AAircraft carriers
BAircraft carriers
ASW aircraft cruiser / aircraft carrier
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Chinese aircraft carrier Fujianlarger figure on 3 of 3
Italian aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi
Measured figures
Length
Single source316 m (1,036 ft 9 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian | Italian aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi |
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| Complement | — | - 830, of which: 550 Crew up to 180 for Fleet Air Arm up to 100 C 4 staff[source] |
| Power | — | - 4 × General Electric/Avio LM2500 gas turbines , 60,400 kW (81,000 hp) - 6 × diesel engine generators Grandi Motori Trieste B230/12, 9,360 kW (12,550 hp) with electric generator Ansaldo-Elettrital, 1,560 kW (2,090 hp) each[source] |
| Name | Type 003[source] | Giuseppe Garibaldi[source] |
| Builders | Jiangnan Shipyard[source] | — |
| Operators | People's Liberation Army Navy |
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180.2 m (591 ft)[source]
Full load
Single sourceFull load: 80,000–85,000 t (79,000–84,000 long tons )[source]
full load
Single sourcefull load, after 2003 MLU
Single sourcestandard
Single source- 10,100 t (9,900 long tons) (standard) - 13,850 t (13,630 long tons) (full load) - 14,150 t (13,930 long tons) (full load, after 2003 MLU)[source]
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| Preceded by | Type 002 Shandong[source] | — |
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| Succeeded by | Type 004[source] | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Namesake | Fujian province[source] | Giuseppe Garibaldi[source] |
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| Builder | Jiangnan Shipyard[source] | Fincantieri , Monafalcone Shipyard, Monfalcone ( Gorizia )[source] |
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| Laid down | March 2015 – February 2016[source] | 26 March 1981[source] |
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| Launched | 17 June 2022[source] | 11 June 1983[source] |
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| Commissioned | 5 November 2025[source] | 30 September 1985[source] |
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| Motto | ( Simplified Chinese : 忠诚，精武，卓越，奋进)：Loyalty, Martial Proficiency, Excellence, Forging Ahead[source] | Obbedisco ("I Obey")[source] |
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| Status | in active service[source] | Retired, transferred to the Indonesian Navy as KRI Sriwijaya[source] |
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| Class & type | Type 003 aircraft carrier[source] | — |
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| Propulsion | Steam turbines[source] | — |
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| Armament | Six-tube 324 mm anti-torpedo torpedo (ATT) Type 1130 gun-based CIWS HHQ-10 missile-based CIWS[source] | 2 × Mk.29 octuple launcher for Sea Sparrow / Selenia Aspide SAM 3 × Oto Melara Twin 40L70 DARDO 2 × 324 mm triple torpedo tubes 4 × Otomat Mk 2 SSMs (removed in 2003)[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 50+ aircraft: Fixed-wing: Shenyang J-35 carrier-based stealth multirole fighter Shenyang J-15T/DT carrier-based multirole fighter Xi'an KJ-600 carrier-based airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) and cargo aircraft Helicopters: Harbin Z-20 family helicopters[source] | up to 18 AV-8B Harrier II fighter/bombers Augusta SH-3D or AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters (ASW, ASH and AEW)[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | Hangar deck Electromagnetic catapults[source] | — |
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| National origin | China[source] | Italy[source] |
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| Country of origin | China[source] | — |
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| Cost | — | Lire 428 billion (1981) (equivalent to € 903.63 million in 2019)[source] |
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| Decommissioned | — | 1 October 2024[source] |
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| Home port | — | Taranto[source] |
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| Identification | — | Pennant number : 551[source] |
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| Type | — | ASW aircraft cruiser / aircraft carrier[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | - Selenia MM/SPS-768 (RAN 3L) long-range radar - Selenia SPS-774 (RAN-10S) early warning radar - Hughes AN/SPS-52C early warning, E band radar - Selenia SPS-702 CORA surface search radar - 2 × GEM Elettronica SPN-749 navigation radar - Selenia SPN-728 approach radar - 3 × Selenia RTN-30X fire control radar, for Albatross/Aspide - 3 × Selenia RTN-20X fire control radar, for CIWS 40/70 mm - Raytheon DE 1160 LF hull sonar (replaced by WASS DMS-2000 in 2003) - Selenia CMS SADOC-3 - TACAN Face Standard URN-25[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | - Elettronica Spa SLQ-732 jamming system - 2 × OTO Melara SCLAR decoy launcher - AN/SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy[source] |
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| Notes | — | flight deck is length 174.0 m (570.9 ft) and 30.0 m (98.4 ft) wide[source] |
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| Recommissioned | — | The Italian flag aboard the ship was lowered for the last time on 24 September 2026 and the ship was commissioned into the Indonesian Navy.[source]Exact ship commissioned into Indonesian Navy on24September2026 after Italian1October2024decommissioning; historical Italian retirement retained |
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