AAmphibious assault ships
TCG Anadolu
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AAmphibious assault ships
BAmphibious assault ships
Amphibious assault ship with aircraft carrying capability
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Length
Single source232 m (761 ft 2 in)[source]
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| Specification | TCG Anadolu | Wasp-class amphibious assault ship |
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| Name | Anadolu[source] | Wasp class[source] |
| Namesake | Anatolia[source] | — |
| Ordered | 1 June 2015[source] | — |
| Builder | Sedef Shipbuilding, Inc.[source] | — |
| Cost | Over $1 billion [1][source] | Roughly 2.28 billion in 2024 dollars[source] |
Wasp-class amphibious assault shiplarger figure on 1 of 2
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
843 ft (257 m)[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]
officers, 1,004 enlisted
Single source66 officers, 1,004 enlisted[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Laid down | 7 February 2018[source] | — |
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| Launched | 30 April 2019[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | 10 April 2023[source] | — |
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| Identification | Pennant number : L-400[source] | — |
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| Status | In active service[source] | — |
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| Class & type | Anadolu class (modified Juan Carlos I -class ) drone carrier - amphibious assault ship[source] | — |
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| Depth | 27.5 m (90 ft 3 in)[source] | — |
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| Endurance | 50 days, 30 days without replenishment[source] | — |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | 6 xType LCVP[source] | 3 Landing Craft Air Cushion or 2 Landing Craft Utility or 12 Landing Craft Mechanized[source] |
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| Capacity | 46 Altay tanks 77 light vehicles[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 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] | 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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| Armament | 1 × RAM 2 × Phalanx CIWS 5 × 25 mm Aselsan SMASH 200/25 RCWS 4 × 12.7 mm Aselsan STAMP RCWS[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 | 30 helicopters 30 to 50 UCAVs[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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| 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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| 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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| Aviation facilities | — | Hangar deck[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | United States[source] |
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| Landing craft carried | — | 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 | — | 1,687 troops (plus 184 surge) Marine Detachment[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained |
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