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Foudre-class landing platform docklarger figure on 0 of 1
San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
Measured figures
oa
Single source168.0 m (551 ft 2 in) oa[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Foudre-class landing platform dock | San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock |
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| Name | Foudre class[source] | — |
| Operators | French Navy Chilean Navy Brazilian Navy[source] | United States Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | Bougainville class[source] | Austin -class amphibious transport dock Newport -class tank landing ship Charleston -class amphibious cargo ship Whidbey Island -class dock landing ship[source] |
| Succeeded by | Mistral class[source] |
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684 ft (208 m)[source]
at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Single source11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)[source]
Installed power
Single source15,480 kW (20,760 bhp )[source]
2 × SEMT-Pielstick 16 PC 2.5 V400 diesel engines 2 × controllable-pitch propellers 1 × bow thruster (750 kW; 1,000 hp) 5 × 850 kW diesel alternators[source]
Four sequentially turbocharged marine Colt-Pielstick diesel engines , two shafts, 41,600 shp[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Built | 1986–1998[source] | 2000–present[source] |
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| Completed | 13[source] |
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| Active | 13[source] |
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| Type | Landing platform dock[source] | Amphibious transport dock[source] |
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| Endurance | 30 days[source] | — |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | 10 CTMs[source] | 2 × LCACs (air cushion) or 1 × LCU (conventional); and 14 × Amphibious Assault Vehicles[source] |
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| Troops | 470[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 1 × DRBV-21A air/surface search radar 1 × Decca 2459 surface search radar[source] | AN/SPS-48 G, AN/SPQ-9 B[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | 1 × ARBB-36 jammer 1 × SLQ-25 Nixie decoy system[source] | AN/SLQ-32[source] |
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| Armament | 3 Simbad launcher systems for Mistral SAMs 3 × single 30 mm (1.2 in) Breda-Mauser guns 4 × single 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns[source] | 2 × Bushmaster II close-in-guns 2 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launchers 2 × 8 cell Mark 41 Vertical Launching System for quad-packed ESSMs (not fitted) Several twin M2 Browning machine gun turrets[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 4 × Super Puma EC225 or 2 × Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon[source] | Launch or land up to two MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft simultaneously with room to place four MV-22s on the flight deck and one in the hangar deck[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | 1,450 m 2 (15,600 sq ft) flight deck[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | France[source] | United States[source] United States[source] |
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| Manufacturer | DCN Brest[source]Foudre class · Foudre L9011 original construction | — |
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| Landing craft carried | 10 CTMs[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained | 2 × LCACs (air cushion) or 1 × LCU (conventional); and 14 × Amphibious Assault Vehicles[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained |
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| Troop capacity | 470[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained | Landing force: 66 officers, and 633 enlisted troops[source]Embarked landing force; officers and enlisted troops retained separately, no computed total |
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| Builders | — | Avondale Shipyard (before 2014) Ingalls Shipbuilding (after 2014)[source] |
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| Cost | — | $1.602 billion (avg. for class, FY2012) $2.021 billion (last ship, FY2012)[source] |
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| In commission | — | 2006–present[source] |
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| Planned | — | 26 (13 for Flight I and 13 for Flight II)[source] |
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| On order | — |
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| Building | — |
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