San Giorgio class
 The San Giorgio
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The San Giorgio class is a landing ship class (Engl. Landing Platform Dock - LPD) of the Italian Navy . The class consists of three ships put into service between 1988 and 1994. The third ship, the San Giusto , is a modified version, sometimes referred to as a separate class. There is also another ship for the Algerian Navy .
draft
These ships, built by Fincantieri in Riva Trigoso, have a civil ro-ro design with a corrugated deck and a continuous flight deck . They are similar in several ways to the much larger American Wasp class . They can accommodate 330 fully equipped marines , up to 34 armored vehicles, five multi-purpose landing craft, up to 170 tons of ammunition and special equipment and four helicopters of the type Sea King or EH-101 . Modernization work was carried out on the first two ships, including an extension and widening of the flight deck. In these cases, the 76/62 Compact ship gun had to be removed.
The landing ship San Giusto is also designed for civil defense tasks and has an on-board hospital with several operating theaters. In addition, it has special command and communication facilities and can, for example, accommodate an appropriate management team in the event of amphibious operations or disaster situations. The ship is also used as a training ship by the Naval Academy in Livorno .
The Algerian ship is longer (142.9 m), wider (21.5 m) and heavier (8,800 tons max.), Has more modern operational command systems and stronger armament.
units
All three ships of the class are subordinate to an amphibious operations squadron ( COMGRUPNAV 3 ) in Brindisi and usually support the San Marco Brigade .
| Identifier | Surname | Callsign | Keel laying | Launch | Commissioning | status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L9892 | San Giorgio | IARG | May 27, 1985 | February 21, 1987 | February 13, 1988 | active |
| L9893 | San Marco | IARM | March 26, 1985 | October 10, 1987 | May 14, 1988 | active |
| L9894 | San Giusto | IASG | August 19, 1991 | October 23, 1993 | April 14, 1994 | active |
Algeria ordered a ship based on the San Giusto in August 2011 . The so-called "landing and logistic support ship" (bâtiment de débarquement et de soutien logistique) called Kalaat Beni-Abbès (474) was laid on January 11, 2012 in Riva Trigoso, the "launched" took place on January 8, 2014. The ship was completed in neighboring Muggiano and handed over to the Algerian Navy in September 2014, but remained in Italy until the crew had completed their training. The official commissioning will take place in 2015.
Name predecessor
Predecessors in the name of the Italian ships were:
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Capitani Romani class , 1941–1971, 2 destroyers (former cruisers, 5,600 ts):
- San Giorgio (D 562) (ex Pompeo Magno )
- San Marco (D 563) (ex Giulio Germanico )
- Armored cruiser class, 1908–1941, 2 ships: San Giorgio, San Marco (11,300 ts)
successor
The ships of the San Giorgio class are to be replaced by one or two new landing craft displacing around 20,000 tons. Another somewhat larger amphibious assault ship (LHD Trieste ) with a continuous flight deck is expected to be commissioned in 2022 to complement the new landing craft and to replace the Garibaldi aircraft carrier, which was commissioned in 1985 . The aircraft carrier Cavour also provides additional capacities for amphibious operations .
See also
Web links
- Presentation on marina.difesa.it (Italian)
- defenceiq.com the planned successors (English)
- janes.com on Kalaat Beni-Abbès (English)