AAircraft carriers
Italian aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi
ASW aircraft cruiser / aircraft carrier
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Italian aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldilarger figure on 0 of 3
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Length
Single source180.2 m (591 ft)[source]
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| Specification | Italian aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi | MUGEM |
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| Crew | — | 800+ Embarked Personnel: 950. Up to 2,500 total personnel accommodation (crew + air wing + embarked force + mission staff) ROLE 2+ naval hospital capability (surgical suites, intensive care units, triage ward, burn treatment, trauma stabilization, medical evacuation coordination)[source] |
| 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] | Integrated hybrid electric power system (HVDC backbone)[source] |
| Name | Giuseppe Garibaldi[source] |
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285 m (935 ft 0 in)[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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Single source>60,000 t (59,000 long tons )[source]
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Milli Uçak Gemisi (National Aircraft Carrier)[source]
| Namesake | Giuseppe Garibaldi[source] | — |
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| Builder | Fincantieri , Monafalcone Shipyard, Monfalcone ( Gorizia )[source] | — |
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| Cost | Lire 428 billion (1981) (equivalent to € 903.63 million in 2019)[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] | Construction activities are currently underway[source]First MUGEM-class carrier, currently under construction; no active fleet count. |
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| Type | ASW aircraft cruiser / aircraft carrier[source] | 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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| Armament | 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] | 32 (2x16) cell MiDLAS vertical launching system 4 × GOKDENIZ CIWS 7 × STOP RWS[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | up to 18 AV-8B Harrier II fighter/bombers Augusta SH-3D or AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters (ASW, ASH and AEW)[source] | 25x Aircraft, 3x Helicopters, 15x UAV[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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| Builders | — | Istanbul Naval Shipyard[source] |
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| Operators | — | Turkish Naval Forces[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Anadolu class[source] |
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| Propulsion | — | 2 × GE LM6000 gas turbines + 4 × MTU 20V 4000 + 4 × GE APMM (Advanced Permanent Magnet Machine) (IFEP-like integrated electric propulsion) + 2 x CPP[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | 15x Aircraft, 3x Helicopters 5x UAV, 2x Aircraft Lifts, USV, UUV.[source] |
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