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U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ridge Leoni · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified
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BAircraft carriers
ASW aircraft cruiser / aircraft carrier
At a glance
Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrierlarger figure on 1 of 1
Italian aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldilarger figure on 0 of 1
Measured figures
Length
Single source1,092 ft (333 m) – 1,106 ft (337 m)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier | Italian aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi |
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| Crew | About 2,600[source] | — |
| Power | Two Bechtel A1B PWR nuclear reactors , HEU 93.5%[source] | - 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 | Gerald R. Ford -class aircraft carrier[source] | Giuseppe Garibaldi[source] |
| Builders | Newport News Shipbuilding[source] |
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180.2 m (591 ft)[source]
About full load
Single sourceAbout 100,000 long tons (100,000 tonnes) (full load)[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]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Operators | United States Navy[source] | — |
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| Preceded by | Nimitz class[source] | — |
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| Cost | Program cost: US$ 37.30 billion (FY2018) Unit cost: US$12.998 billion (FY2018)[source] | Lire 428 billion (1981) (equivalent to € 903.63 million in 2019)[source] |
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| Built | 2009–present[source] | — |
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| In service | 2017–present[source] | — |
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| Planned | 10[source] | — |
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| On order | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Type | Aircraft carrier[source] | ASW aircraft cruiser / aircraft carrier[source] |
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| Decks | 25[source] | — |
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| Propulsion | Four shafts[source] | — |
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| Endurance | 50-year service life[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | AN/SPY-3 Multi-Function Radar (MFR) X band active electronically scanned array (CVN-78) AN/SPY-4 Volume Search Radar (VSR) S band active electronically scanned array (CVN-78) AN/SPY-6(V)3 Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR) S band active electronically scanned array (CVN-79 and up) AN/SPQ-9B X band surface search radar (CVN-79 and up)[source] | - 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 | AN/SLQ-32(V)6 electronic warfare system AN/SLQ-25C Nixie towed torpedo decoys[source] | - Elettronica Spa SLQ-732 jamming system - 2 × OTO Melara SCLAR decoy launcher - AN/SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy[source] |
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| Armament | Surface-to-air missiles : 2 × Mk 29 Guided Missile Launching Systems, 8 × RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) each 2 × Mk 49 Guided Missile Launching Systems, 21 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles each Guns: 3 × Phalanx CIWS 4 × Mk 38 25 mm Machine Gun Systems 4 × M2 .50 cal. (12.7 mm) machine guns[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 | 75+[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 | 1,092 ft × 252 ft (333 m × 77 m) flight deck[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | United States[source] | — |
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| Namesake | — | Giuseppe Garibaldi[source] |
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| Builder | — | Fincantieri , Monafalcone Shipyard, Monfalcone ( Gorizia )[source] |
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| Laid down | — | 26 March 1981[source] |
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| Launched | — | 11 June 1983[source] |
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| Commissioned | — | 30 September 1985[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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| Motto | — | Obbedisco ("I Obey")[source] |
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| Status | — | Retired, transferred to the Indonesian Navy as KRI Sriwijaya[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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| National origin | — | Italy[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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