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BAmphibious assault ships
At a glance
San Antonio-class amphibious transport docklarger figure on 0 of 1
TCG Anadolularger figure on 1 of 1
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Crew: 28 officers, and 333 enlisted sailors Landing force: 66 officers, and 633 enlisted troops[source]
371 naval officers and seamen, 50 naval aviation personnel, 50 hospital personnel, 550-700 amphibious marines, others
Single source1223 (371 naval officers and seamen, 50 naval aviation personnel, 50 hospital personnel, 550-700 amphibious marines, others)[source]
at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Single source9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km; 10,000 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.
Configuration
| Specification | San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock | TCG Anadolu |
|---|---|---|
| Power | Four sequentially turbocharged marine Colt-Pielstick diesel engines , two shafts, 41,600 shp[source] | 5 × 8,000 kW (11,000 hp ) Navantia Man Diesel Generators 2 × 11 MW (15,000 hp) Siemens SiPOD 2 × 1,500 kW (2,000 hp) bow thrusters[source] |
| 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] | Over $1 billion [1][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] | — |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × LCACs (air cushion) or 1 × LCU (conventional); and 14 × Amphibious Assault Vehicles[source] | 6 xType LCVP[source] |
| Sensors & processing systems | AN/SPS-48 G, AN/SPQ-9 B[source] | SMART-S Mk.2 S-band 3D radar , SPN-720 Naval Precision Approach Radar, GENESIS-ADVENT Combat Management System, IRST , IFF , TDL , VMF , SATCOM , LWR , DDS , Torpedo Defense System, Aselsan Piri-100 Infrared Search and Tracking System[source] |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32[source] | — |
| Armament | 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] | 1 × RAM 2 × Phalanx CIWS 5 × 25 mm Aselsan SMASH 200/25 RCWS 4 × 12.7 mm Aselsan STAMP RCWS[source] |
| Aircraft carried | 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] | 30 helicopters 30 to 50 UCAVs[source] |
| Country of origin | United States[source] United States[source] | — |
| Troop capacity | Landing force: 66 officers, and 633 enlisted troops[source]Embarked landing force; officers and enlisted troops retained separately, no computed total | — |
| Landing craft carried | 2 × LCACs (air cushion) or 1 × LCU (conventional); and 14 × Amphibious Assault Vehicles[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained | — |
| Name | — | Anadolu[source] |
| Namesake | — | Anatolia[source] |
| Ordered | — | 1 June 2015[source] |
| Builder | — | Sedef Shipbuilding, Inc.[source] |
| Laid down | — | 7 February 2018[source] |
| Launched | — | 30 April 2019[source] |
| Commissioned | — | 10 April 2023[source] |
| Identification | — | Pennant number : L-400[source] |
| Status | — | In active service[source] |
| Class & type | — | Anadolu class (modified Juan Carlos I -class ) drone carrier - amphibious assault ship[source] |
| Depth | — | 27.5 m (90 ft 3 in)[source] |
| Endurance | — | 50 days, 30 days without replenishment[source] |
| Capacity | — | 46 Altay tanks 77 light vehicles[source] |