AAmphibious assault ships
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AAmphibious assault ships
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Italian ship San Giustolarger figure on 0 of 2
Spanish ship Juan Carlos Ilarger figure on 2 of 2
Measured figures
Length
Single source133 m (436 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Italian ship San Giusto | Spanish ship Juan Carlos I |
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| Power | 2 × Grandi Motori Trieste GMT A 420.12 diesel engines (12.426 kW)[source] | 2 × 11 MW POD , GE ITP LM2500 + Navantia MAN 16V32/40[source] |
| Name | San Giusto[source] | Juan Carlos I[source] |
| Namesake | St. Justus[source] | King Juan Carlos I of Spain[source] |
| Builder | Fincantieri-Cantieri Navali SpA , Riva Trigoso[source] |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
230.82 m (757 ft 3 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Navantia[source] |
| Laid down | 19 August 1991[source] | May 2005[source] |
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| Launched | 2 December 1993[source] | 22 September 2009[source] |
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| Commissioned | 14 April 1994[source] | 30 September 2010[source] |
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| Home port | Brindisi[source] | Naval Station Rota , Rota[source] |
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| Motto | Coragio no manca co' semo nel giusto[source] | — |
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| Status | Active[source] | Active[source] |
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| Notes | Pennant number L 9894[source] | Aircraft composition: Pure combat: 25 AV-8B/F-35B + 6 flight deck parking spots Mix: 11 AV-8B + 12 NH90 + 6 flight deck parking spots Pure transport: 25 NH90 + 6 flight deck parking spots[source] |
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| Class & type | San Giorgio -class amphibious transport dock[source] | Juan Carlos I class[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | Three LCM , three LCVP and a patrol craft[source] | Four LCM-1E[source] |
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| Capacity | 350 men with 30 medium tanks or 36 tracked armoured vehicles[source] | 913 soldiers + up to 46 Leopard 2E tanks[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | - SMA MM/SPQ 702 search radar - GEM Elettronica SPN-748 navigation radar - Selex ES RTN-10X fire control radar[source] | LANZA-N air search, ARIES surface search, PAR aircraft landing EID ICCS integrated communications control system[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | Elettronica SpA INS-3 ECM/ESM suite[source] | REGULUS and RIGEL[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × OTO Melara 76/62 mm Compatto gun 2 × OTO Melara KBA 25/80 mm guns.[source] | 4 × RWS Sentinel 2.0 4 × 12.7 mm machine guns 2 x BPDMS (FBNW) 1 x VLS (FBNW)[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 3 × AW-101 or 5 × Agusta Bell AB-212 helicopters[source] | AV-8B Harrier II , Chinook , Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk , NH90[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | Flight deck with three landing spots Helicopter lifts Vehicle deck[source] | — |
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| Landing craft carried | Three LCM , three LCVP and a patrol craft[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained | — |
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| Troop capacity | 350 men with 30 medium tanks or 36 tracked armoured vehicles[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained | — |
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| Ordered | — | 5 September 2003[source] |
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| Cost | — | € 462 million[source] |
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| Identification | — | Pennant number : L61[source] |
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| Role | — | aircraft carrier - landing helicopter dock (LHD)[source]Exact source equipment subject, not its payload or a supported platform |
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