The flagship of the Italian Navy is the aircraft carrier MM Garibaldi, built by Fincantieri of Genoa and commissioned in 1985. Garibaldi (C551) is classed as a CVS – aircraft carrier ASW (anti-submarine warfare). The ship is capable of carrying 18 helicopters or an air squadron of vertical or short take-off and landing (VSTOL) aircraft.
The carrier can carry out anti-submarine warfare, command and control of naval and aero-naval forces, area surveillance, convoy escort, commando transportation, and fleet logistic support.
Garibaldi aircraft carrier combat systems
The ship’s command and control system is the IPN 20 supplied by Selex Sistemi Integrati (formerly Alenia Marconi Systems). IPN 20 gathers information from the ship’s sensors and from the communications and data networks in order to compile and display the tactical situation. Communications systems include satellite communications, link 11 and link 14. The vessel has been upgraded with link 16 and new wide-area network (WAN).
Missiles
The ship’s long-range surface-to-surface missile system, the MBDA (formerly Alenia) Otomat, is installed on the gun decks at the stern of the ship, two launchers on the port and two on the starboard side. The missile has active radar homing, is armed with a 210kg warhead and has a range of 120km.
The MBDA Albatros surface-to-air missile system provides short-range point defence. The Albatros eight-cell launchers are installed on the roof decks at the forward and stern end of the main island.
The system uses the Aspide missile. Aspide has a semi-active radar seeker and a range of 14km. 48 Aspide missiles are carried.
Fire control for the Albatros is provided by three Selex NA 30 radar / electro-optical directors, which include infrared camera and laser rangefinder, as well as the Selex RTN 30X fire control radar.
Guns
The ship is armed with three 40mm / 70mm twin guns from Oto Melara. The guns have a firing rate of 300 rounds a minute to an airborne target range of 4km and a surface target range of 12km. The weapon control system comprises three Selex NA 21 systems.
Torpedoes
Two ILAS 3 triple-tube torpedo launchers from WASS (Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subaqua) are fitted on the Garibaldi. The 324mm tubes are capable of firing the Honeywell mk46 or the A290 torpedo.
Garibaldi aircraft carrier flight deck
The ship’s flight deck is 174m long and 30.5m wide, and the forward 15m of the flight deck rises to a ski ramp of about 4°. The ship can accommodate up to 18 helicopters, such as the Agusta Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King or the Agusta Bell AB212. Alternatively, the Garibaldi can accommodate 16 AV-8B Harrier II aircraft, or a mix of helicopter and Harriers. The vessel’s flight deck has been upgraded to allow operations with the EH101 helicopter, in service with the Italian Navy.
Countermeasures
The carrier’s radar warning receiver and jamming system is the Elettronica Nettuno SLQ-732. The torpedo decoy is the SLQ-25 Nixie.
The ship has two Oto Melara SCLAR naval decoy launcher systems, which deploy chaff dispensers, infrared decoys or illuminating flares. SCLAR is a 20-barrel 105mm system and provides confusion, distraction and seduction mode jamming.
The aircraft carrier is also fitted with a SLAT anti-torpedo system being developed by Euroslat, a consortium consisting of WASS, DCN and Thales Underwater Systems (formerly Thomson Marconi Sonar).
Sensors
Garibaldi’s long-range air search radar is the Selex Sistemi Integrati MM/SPS-768 (RAN 3L) operating at D band, which has a range of over 200km. The 3D long-range surveillance radar, the Raytheon AN/SPS-52C, operates at E band with a range of more than 400km. The Selex SPS-774 medium-range air and surface search radar operates at E and F bands and has a range over 150km. Selex Sensors & Airborne Systems supplies the surface search and targeting radar MM/SPS-702, the navigation radar MM/SPN-749 and the aircraft control radar MM/SPN-728, all operating at I band.
The DE 1160 LF bow-mounted active search sonar is supplied by Raytheon.
Propulsion
The ship’s propulsion system is a combined gas turbine and gas turbine (COGAG) arrangement. The system is based on four LM2500 gas turbine engines developed by FiatAvio of Turin under a licence agreement from US company General Electric (GE). The LM2500 is rated at a sustained power of 81,000hp. The propulsion system provides a maximum speed of 30kt and, at an economical speed of 20kt, the range is over 7,000nm.
Specifications
| Type: | ASW aircraft carrier |
| Displacement: | – 10,100 t (9,900 long tons) (standard) – 13,850 t (13,630 long tons) (full load) – 14,150 t (13,930 long tons) (full load, after 2003 MLU) |
| Length: | 180.2 m (591 ft) |
| Beam: | 33.4 m (110 ft) |
| Draught: | 8.2 m (27 ft) |
| Propulsion: | – 4 × General Electric/Avio LM2500 gas turbines, 60,400 kW (81,000 hp) – 6 × diesel engine generators Grandi Motori Trieste B230/12, 9,360 kW (12,550 hp) with electric generator Ansaldo-Elettrital, 1,560 kW (2,090 hp) each |
| Speed: | 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)+ |
| Range: | 7,000 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 x GEM Elettronica SPN-749 navigation radar – Selenia SPN-728 approach radar – 3 x Selenia RTN-30X fire control radar, for Albatross/Aspide – 3 x 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: |
– Elettronica Spa SLQ-732 jamming system – 2 x OTO Melara SCLAR decoy launcher – AN/SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy |
| Armament: | – 2 × Mk.29 octuple launcher for Sea Sparrow/Selenia Aspide SAM – 3 × Oto Melara Twin 40L70 DARDO – 2 × 324 mm triple torpedo tubes – 4 × Otomat Mk 2 SSMs (removed in 2003) |
| Aircraft carried: | – up to 18 – AV-8B Harrier II fighter/bombers – Augusta SH-3D or AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters (ASW, ASH and AEW) |
| Notes: | flight deck is length 174.0 m (570.9 ft) and 30.0 m (98.4 ft) wide |
Operators
- Italian Navy – 1 in active.
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