San Giorgio 1990
San Giorgio 2010
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
San Giorgio | L9892 | Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso | 26.6.1985 | 25.2.1987 | 13.2.1988 | in service (2019) | |
San Marco | L9893 | Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso | 28.6.1986 | 25.10.1987 | 14.5.1988 | in service (2019) |
Displacement standard, t |
6687 |
Displacement full, t |
7665 |
Length, m |
118.0 pp 133.3 oa |
Breadth, m |
20.5 |
Draught, m |
5.25 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 GMT A420-12 diesels |
Power, h. p. |
16800 |
Max speed, kts |
21 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 7500(17) |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara MMI, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 3 - 5 helicopters (3 CH-47 Chinook or 3 SH-3D Sea King or 5 AB-212) |
Military load | 3 LCM, 4 LCVP, 36 APC, 345 troops |
Electronic equipment |
SPS-702, SPN-748, RTN-10X radars, 2x SCLAR decoy RL |
Complement |
170 |
Project history: San Giorgio was ordered in March 1984, San Marco was financed by Ministry of Civil Protection for disaster relief, and has more extensive medical facilities; she served as a hospital ship during the 1991 Gulf conflict. Vehicles and troops can be landed via bow doors during a beaching, 20.5x7.0m stern docking well is equipped with a 40t traveling bridge crane and can accommodate 3 LCM; 4 LCVP are carried on the deck. Helicopters are stowed on deck, 100x14.0x5.0m hangar below can hold 30 or more APCs. Flight deck is served by a 13.5x3.5m 30t elevator and 16t crane. There is stowage for 99m³ of refrigerated cargo and 300m³ of dry stores.
Modernizations: 2003, San Giorgio; 2004, San Marco: flight deck was extended to the bow, 5m sponson was added to port (breadth by the deck 25.5m), providing spots fore and aft for EH-101 helicopters and two spots on the sponson for smaller helicopters, bow door was sealed; - 2 LCVP, 2 retained LCVPs resited below the sponson; - 1 x 1 - 76/62, 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 1 Stinger SAM (some FIM-92), 2 x 1 - 25/87 KBA25/80, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy
Naval service: No significant events.
San Marco 1988
San Marco 2007
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