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 1
Nimitz-class aircraft carrierlarger figure on 1 of 1
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Measured figures
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]
full load
Single source100,000 to 104,600 long tons (101,600–106,300 t) full load[source]
including airwing
Single source5,000–5,200 (including airwing)[source]
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Configuration
| Specification | Italian aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi | Nimitz-class aircraft carrier |
|---|---|---|
| Complement | - 830, of which: 550 Crew up to 180 for Fleet Air Arm up to 100 C 4 staff[source] | Ship's company: 3,532 Air wing: 2,480[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] | 2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors ( HEU 93.5%) 4 × steam turbines 4 × shafts 260,000 shp (190 MW)[source] |
| Name | Giuseppe Garibaldi[source] | Nimitz -class aircraft carrier[source] |
| Namesake | Giuseppe Garibaldi[source] | — |
| Builder | Fincantieri , Monafalcone Shipyard, Monfalcone ( Gorizia )[source] | — |
| Cost | Lire 428 billion (1981) (equivalent to € 903.63 million in 2019)[source] | US$1.98 billion in 1975 ($11.4 billion in 2024)[source] |
| Laid down | 26 March 1981[source] | — |
| Launched | 11 June 1983[source] | — |
| Commissioned | 30 September 1985[source] | — |
| Decommissioned | 1 October 2024[source] | — |
| Home port | Taranto[source] | — |
| Identification | Pennant number : 551[source] | — |
| Motto | Obbedisco ("I Obey")[source] | — |
| Status | Retired, transferred to the Indonesian Navy as KRI Sriwijaya[source] | — |
| Type | ASW aircraft cruiser / aircraft carrier[source] | Aircraft carrier[source] |
| 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] | AN/SPS-48E 3-D air search radar AN/SPS-49(V)5 2-D air search radar AN/SPQ-9 B target acquisition radar AN/SPN-46 air traffic control radars AN/SPN-43C air traffic control radar AN/SPN-41 landing aid radars 4 × Mk 91 NSSM guidance systems 4 × Mk 95 radars[source] |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | - Elettronica Spa SLQ-732 jamming system - 2 × OTO Melara SCLAR decoy launcher - AN/SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy[source] | AN/SLQ-32A(V)4 countermeasures suite SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasures[source] |
| 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] | 2–3 × Mk 29 Guided Missile Launching Systems, 8 × RIM-162 ESSM or RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missiles each 3–4 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mk 49 Guided Missile Launching Systems, 21 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles each Mk 38 25 mm Machine Gun Systems[source] |
| Aircraft carried | up to 18 AV-8B Harrier II fighter/bombers Augusta SH-3D or AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters (ASW, ASH and AEW)[source] | 85–90 fixed wing and helicopters[source] |
| Notes | flight deck is length 174.0 m (570.9 ft) and 30.0 m (98.4 ft) wide[source] | — |
| National origin | Italy[source] | — |
| 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 | — |
| Builders | — | Newport News Shipbuilding Company[source] |
| Operators | — | United States Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | — | Enterprise class[source] |
| Succeeded by | — | Gerald R. Ford class[source] |
| Subclasses | — | Theodore Roosevelt class and Ronald Reagan class[source] |
| Built | — | 1968–2006[source] |
| In service | — | 1975–present[source] |
| In commission | — | 3 May 1975–present[source] |
| Completed | — | 10[source] |
| Active | — | 10[source] |
| Armor | — | 2.5 in (64 mm) Kevlar over vital spaces[source] |
| Country of origin | — | United States[source] |