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Coastal transport ship
Ponza-class transport ship is a coastal transport ship. It was built by Cantiere Navale Mario Morini , Ancona. Reported operators include Italian Navy.
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
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| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 56.72 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Ponza
Cantiere Navale Mario Morini , Ancona
Italian Navy
1988-1990
5
5
Coastal transport ship
- 584 t (575 long tons) / 689.89 t (678.99 long tons) full load - 478,06 478.06 t (470.51 long tons) empty
56.72 m (186 ft 1 in) LOA
10.00 m (32 ft 10 in)
3.06 m (10 ft 0 in)
- 2 x diesel engines Isotta Fraschini ID-36-8V, 647 kW (868 bhp) each - 2 x diesel engines generators AIFO 8281-SRM-8V, 235 kW (315 bhp) each with Ansaldo electric engine MXR-315, 380V - 1 x diesel engine generator AIFO 8210-M6, 110 kW (150 bhp) with Ansaldo electric engine MXR-250, 380 V (for auxiliary bow thruster) - 2 x shaft and thruster - Auxiliary bow thruster
14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi)
32 (of which 3 officials)
1 x GEM Elettronica MM/SPN-754 v2 navigation radars
1 x 15 t (15 long tons) cranes
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ponza-class transport ship equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Navy exact named class holdings of Ponza. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT / ABU. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. The own fetched design source declares this exact class and its PDF operator country; ship capacities and fitted launcher/armament counts are retained as source scope, not added to hull quantities.
Reported count for Ponza class. Service scope: Italian Navy ships; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 5. Origin: unstated. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Reported count for Ponza class. Service scope: Italian Navy ships; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): in service: 5. Origin: unstated. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.