AAmphibious assault ships
FORCETALLY
Loading the evidence…
Preparing your view.
Preparing your view.
AAmphibious assault ships
At a glance
Italian ship San Giustolarger figure on 0 of 2
San Antonio-class amphibious transport docklarger figure on 2 of 2
Measured figures
Length
Single source133 m (436 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Italian ship San Giusto | San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock |
|---|---|---|
| Power | 2 × Grandi Motori Trieste GMT A 420.12 diesel engines (12.426 kW)[source] | Four sequentially turbocharged marine Colt-Pielstick diesel engines , two shafts, 41,600 shp[source] |
| Name | San Giusto[source] | — |
| Namesake | St. Justus[source] | — |
| Builder | Fincantieri-Cantieri Navali SpA , Riva Trigoso[source] | — |
| Laid down | 19 August 1991[source] |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
684 ft (208 m)[source]
full load
Single source23 ft (7.0 m), full load[source]
at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Single source7,500 nautical miles (13,900 km; 8,600 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| — |
| Launched | 2 December 1993[source] | — |
|---|
| Commissioned | 14 April 1994[source] | — |
|---|
| Home port | Brindisi[source] | — |
|---|
| Motto | Coragio no manca co' semo nel giusto[source] | — |
|---|
| Status | Active[source] | — |
|---|
| Notes | Pennant number L 9894[source] | — |
|---|
| Class & type | San Giorgio -class amphibious transport dock[source] | — |
|---|
| Boats & landing craft carried | Three LCM , three LCVP and a patrol craft[source] | 2 × LCACs (air cushion) or 1 × LCU (conventional); and 14 × Amphibious Assault Vehicles[source] |
|---|
| Capacity | 350 men with 30 medium tanks or 36 tracked armoured vehicles[source] | — |
|---|
| Sensors & processing systems | - SMA MM/SPQ 702 search radar - GEM Elettronica SPN-748 navigation radar - Selex ES RTN-10X fire control radar[source] | AN/SPS-48 G, AN/SPQ-9 B[source] |
|---|
| Electronic warfare & decoys | Elettronica SpA INS-3 ECM/ESM suite[source] | AN/SLQ-32[source] |
|---|
| Armament | 1 × OTO Melara 76/62 mm Compatto gun 2 × OTO Melara KBA 25/80 mm 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] |
|---|
| Aircraft carried | 3 × AW-101 or 5 × Agusta Bell AB-212 helicopters[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] |
|---|
| Aviation facilities | Flight deck with three landing spots Helicopter lifts Vehicle deck[source] | — |
|---|
| Landing craft carried | Three LCM , three LCVP and a patrol craft[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 |
|---|
| Troop capacity | 350 men with 30 medium tanks or 36 tracked armoured vehicles[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 |
|---|
| Builders | — | Avondale Shipyard (before 2014) Ingalls Shipbuilding (after 2014)[source] |
|---|
| Operators | — | United States Navy[source] |
|---|
| Preceded by | — | Austin -class amphibious transport dock Newport -class tank landing ship Charleston -class amphibious cargo ship Whidbey Island -class dock landing ship[source] |
|---|
| Cost | — | $1.602 billion (avg. for class, FY2012) $2.021 billion (last ship, FY2012)[source] |
|---|
| Built | — | 2000–present[source] |
|---|
| In commission | — | 2006–present[source] |
|---|
| Planned | — | 26 (13 for Flight I and 13 for Flight II)[source] |
|---|
| On order | — |
|---|
| Building | — |
|---|
| Completed | — | 13[source] |
|---|
| Active | — | 13[source] |
|---|
| Type | — | Amphibious transport dock[source] |
|---|
| Country of origin | — | United States[source] United States[source] |
|---|