Italian aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi

For other ships with the same name, see Italian ship Giuseppe Garibaldi.
Giuseppe Garibaldi in 2004
History
Italy
NameGiuseppe Garibaldi
NamesakeGiuseppe Garibaldi
BuilderFincantieri Monfalcone (Gorizia)
CostLire 428 billion (1981) (equivalent to €903.63 million in 2019)
Laid down26 March 1981[1]
Launched11 June 1983
Commissioned30 September 1985
Decommissioned1 October 2024
HomeportTaranto
IdentificationPennant number: 551
MottoObbedisco "I Obey"
StatusRetired
General characteristics
TypeASW aircraft cruiser/aircraft carrier
Displacement
  • - 10,100 t (9,900 long tons) (standard)
  • - 13,850 t (13,630 long tons) (full load)[2]
  • - 14,150 t (13,930 long tons) (full load, after 2003 MLU)
Length180.2 m (591 ft)
Beam33.4 m (110 ft)
Draught8.2 m (27 ft)
Propulsion
Speed30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)+
Range7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement
  • - 830, of which:
  • 550 Crew
  • up to 180 for Fleet Air Arm
  • up to 100 C4 staff
Sensors and
processing systems
  • - Selenia MM/SPS-768 (RAN 3L) long-range radar
  • - Selenia SPS-774 (RAN-10S) early warning radar
  • - Hughes AN/SPS-52C early warning, E band radar
  • - Selenia SPS-702 CORA surface search radar
  • - 2 × GEM Elettronica SPN-749 navigation radar
  • - Selenia SPN-728 approach radar
  • - 3 × Selenia RTN-30X fire control radar, for Albatross/Aspide
  • - 3 × Selenia RTN-20X fire control radar, for CIWS 40/70 mm
  • - Raytheon DE 1160 LF hull sonar (replaced by WASS DMS-2000 in 2003)
  • - Selenia CMS SADOC-3
  • - TACAN Face Standard URN-25
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried
Notesflight deck is length 174.0 m (570.9 ft) and 30.0 m (98.4 ft) wide

Giuseppe Garibaldi is an Italian aircraft carrier, the first through-deck aviation ship ever built for the Italian Navy, and the first Italian ship built to operate fixed-wing aircraft. Although it is widely recognised as a carrier first and foremost, it is officially designated as an aircraft-carrying cruiser.[3][4][5] It is equipped with short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft and helicopters. Giuseppe Garibaldi was involved in combat air operations off Somalia, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Libya.

  1. ^ Gardiner, Robert (1983). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1982, Part One: The Western Powers. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 66. ISBN 0-87021-918-9.
  2. ^ "Giuseppe Garibaldi Portaeromobili". GlobalSecurity. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Garibaldi" (in Italian). 11 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-11. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  4. ^ Thomas Newdick (15 February 2021). "All You Need To Know About Italy's F-35 Carrier That Just Arrived In The US". The War Zone. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  5. ^ Dreadnaughtz (17 March 2023). "Giuseppe Garibaldi, 1st Italian STOVL carrier". Naval Encyclopedia. Retrieved 14 June 2023.