Country: Italy
Class, [Type]: San Giorgio, [LPD].
Builder: Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso, Italy.
Launch date: 25 February 1987.
Commission date: 13 February 1988.
Displacement ( tons ): 5.000 light, 6.687 standard, 8.400 flooded down.
Dimensions ( metres ): 133,3 x 20,5 x 5,25
Main machinery: 2 x Wärtsilä NSD A420-12 diesels ( 16.800 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 21.
Range ( miles ): 4.500 at 20 knots, 7.500 at 16 knots.
Complement: 163 ( 17 officers ) + 345 troops.
Guns: 2 x Oerlikon Mk10 20mm/70, 2 x 12,7mm.
Military lift: 345 troops, 2 x LCVP, 3 x LCM, 30 x APCs. 99m3 of refrigerated stores, 300m3 of dry stores. 60 tons of aviation fuel.
Radar: Navigation: SMA SPN-748; Surface/Air search: SMA SPS-702.
Helicopter: 3 x CH-47 or 3 x SH-3D or 5 x AB-212.
Callsign: IARG ()
Comment: Original 76mm gun removed during modernization carried out during 1999-2000. LVCPs have been relocated under a sponson on the port side. As a result of these modernizations the flight deck is now larger and able to accomodate more helicopters. The bow door has been sealed. Helicopters are stowed on deck. The 100 x 20,5m hangar is used for vehicles.
Homeport: Brindisi.
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