L-9894 San Giusto

Country:  Italy

Class, [Type]: San Giusto, [LPD].

Builder: Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso, Italy.

Launch date: 02 December 1993.

Commission date: 11 June 1994.

Displacement ( tons ): 5.600 light, 7.950 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 137,3 x 25 x 6

Main machinery: 2 x Fincantieri-DMD A.420.12 diesels ( 16.800 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 20.

Complement: 198 ( 16 officers ) + 204 cadets and 62 instructors, or 349 troops (33 officers, 316 enlisted).

Guns: 1 x OTO Breda 76mm/62 Compact, 2 x Oerlikon Mk24 20mm/70.

Military lift: 3 x LCVP, 3 x LCM, 34 x vehicles ( or up to 1200 tons ). 85 tons of combat stores, 30 tons of provisions.

Radar: Navigation: SMA SPN-753; Surface/Air search: SMA SPS-702; Fire Control: 1 x RTN-10X.

Countermeasures: ESM/ECM: AESN SLR-730 ( intercept ); AESN SLQ-747( jammer ).

Helicopter: 3 x CH-47 or 3 x SH-3D or 5 x AB-212.

Callsign: IASG ()

Comment: Modified version of the San Giorgio class, intended to act as training ship for the naval academy at Livorno in peacetime.

Homeport: Brindisi.