Italian ship San Giusto

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San Giusto alongside at Malaga in 2003
History
Italy
Name: San Giusto
Namesake: St. Justus
Builder: Fincantieri-Cantieri Navali SpA, Riva Trigoso
Laid down: 19 August 1991
Launched: 23 October 1993
Status: Active
General characteristics
Class & type: San Giorgio-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement: 7,650-8,300 tons
Length: 133 m (436 ft)
Beam: 20.5 m (67 ft)
Propulsion: 2 × Fincantieri GMT A 420.12 diesel engines
Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range: 7,500 nautical miles (13,900 km; 8,600 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried:		 Three LCM, three LCVP and a patrol craft
Capacity: 350 men with 30 medium tanks or 36 tracked armoured vehicles
Complement: 17 officers, 163 ratings
Sensors and
processing systems:		 Selex ES MM/SPQ 702 search radar, SPN-748 navigation radar, Selex ES RTN-10X fire control radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys:		 Elettronica SpA INS-3 ECM/ESM suite [1]
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 3 × AW-101 or 5 × Agusta Bell AB-212 helicopters
Aviation facilities: Flight deck with three landing spots, no hangar (but San Giusto is capable to move AB212 sized helicopters to and from the vehicle deck)

San Giusto (L9894) is a San Giorgio-class amphibious transport dock of the Italian Navy. The ship was built by Fincantieri-Cantieri Navali SpA at Riva Trigoso, laid down on 19 August 1991, and launched 23 October 1993.[2]

It's command and control capabilities are supported by communications & antennas devices, as:
- 1 x Selex ES TSN101/X, SHF Naval Satellite Terminal
- 2 x Selex ES SHF Naval Satellite Terminal TN
- 1 x Selex ES tri-band satellite antenna
- 2 x SITEPItalia UHF Milsatcom OE-187(V) System
- 1 x SITEPItalia Automatic VSAT Tracking System (CommSat)
- 1 x SITEPItalia Satellite TV Terminal OE-271(V)

Operations

  • 1997: ALBA-NEO operation, to support Albanian people
  • 1999/2000: the ship was deployed to East Timor as part of the Australian-led INTERFET peacekeeping taskforce from 26 October 1999 to 15 February 2000.[3]
  • 2003: ANTICA BABILONIA/IRAQI FREEDOM, support to Italian and coalition forces in Iraq
  • June 2005: San Giusto was the flagship of Admiral Jonathon Band RN,[4] during "Exercise Sorbet Royal", a NATO exercise in which ships from ten countries, carried out simulated rescues from submerged submarines.[5]
  • 2008: DEEP BLUE/LONG KNIFE international exercise
  • 2009: LOYAL MARINER 09 international exercise
  • 2011: UNIFIED PROTECTOR operation, to support Libya coalition campaign
  • 2012: flagship of Task Force Atalanta in Indian Ocean for anti-piracy rules
  • 2014: Mare Nostrum operations to rescue refugees in Mediterranean Sea.

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