AAmphibious assault ships
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AAmphibious assault ships
BAmphibious assault ships
Amphibious assault ship with aircraft carrying capability
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Italian ship San Giustolarger figure on 0 of 3
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Length
Single source133 m (436 ft)[source]
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| Specification | Italian ship San Giusto | Wasp-class amphibious assault ship |
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| Name | San Giusto[source] | Wasp class[source] |
| Namesake | St. Justus[source] | — |
| Builder | Fincantieri-Cantieri Navali SpA , Riva Trigoso[source] | — |
| Laid down | 19 August 1991[source] | — |
| Launched | 2 December 1993[source] | — |
Wasp-class amphibious assault shiplarger figure on 3 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
843 ft (257 m)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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14 April 1994[source] |
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| Home port | Brindisi[source] | — |
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| Motto | Coragio no manca co' semo nel giusto[source] | — |
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| Status | Active[source] | — |
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| Notes | Pennant number L 9894[source] | — |
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| Class & type | San Giorgio -class amphibious transport dock[source] | — |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | Three LCM , three LCVP and a patrol craft[source] | 3 Landing Craft Air Cushion or 2 Landing Craft Utility or 12 Landing Craft Mechanized[source] |
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| Capacity | 350 men with 30 medium tanks or 36 tracked armoured vehicles[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] | 1 AN/SPS-49 2-D Air Search Radar 1 AN/SPS-48 3-D Air Search Radar 1 AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar 1 Mk23 Target Acquisition System (TAS) 1 AN/SPN-43 Marshalling Air Traffic Control Radar 1 AN/SPN-35 Air Traffic Control Radar 1 AN/URN-25 TACAN system 1 AN/UPX-24 Identification Friend Foe[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | Elettronica SpA INS-3 ECM/ESM suite[source] | — |
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| Armament | 1 × OTO Melara 76/62 mm Compatto gun 2 × OTO Melara KBA 25/80 mm guns.[source] | 2 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launchers 2 × RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile launchers 3 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS systems (LHD 5–8 with two) 4 × 25 mm Mk 38 Machine Gun Systems (LHD 5–8 with three) 4 × .50 BMG machine guns[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 3 × AW-101 or 5 × Agusta Bell AB-212 helicopters[source] | Actual mix depends on the mission Standard Complement: 6 AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft or 6 F-35B Lightning II stealth strike-fighters 4 AH-1W / Z Super Cobra / Viper attack helicopter 12 MV-22B Osprey assault support tiltrotor 4 CH-53E Super Stallion heavy-lift helicopters 3–4 UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters Assault: 22+ MV-22B Osprey assault support tiltrotor Sea Control: 20 AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft or 20 F-35B Lightning II stealth strike-fighters 6 SH-60F / HH-60H ASW helicopters[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | Flight deck with three landing spots Helicopter lifts Vehicle deck[source] | Hangar 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 | 3 Landing Craft Air Cushion or 2 Landing Craft Utility or 12 Landing Craft Mechanized[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 | 1,687 troops (plus 184 surge) Marine Detachment[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained |
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| Builders | — | Ingalls Shipbuilding[source] |
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| Operators | — | United States Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Tarawa class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | America class[source] |
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| Cost | — | Roughly 2.28 billion in 2024 dollars[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1989–present[source] |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | — | Amphibious assault ship with aircraft carrying capability[source] |
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| Propulsion | — | Two geared steam turbines, two shafts; Two General Electric LM2500 geared gas turbines , two shafts (USS Makin Island )[source] |
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| Well deck dimensions | — | 266-by-50-foot (81 by 15.2 m) by 28-foot (8.5 m) high[source] |
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| Troops | — | 1,687 troops (plus 184 surge) Marine Detachment[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | United States[source] |
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