Italian landing helicopter dock Trieste

Trieste (L9890) is a landing helicopter dock (LHD) of the Italian Navy.[12] She is expected to replace the Giuseppe Garibaldi around 2022.[13]

Trieste in Castellammare di Stabia, Italy, 2020
History
Italy
Name:	Trieste
Namesake:	Trieste, a city and seaport in northeastern Italy
Awarded:	3 July 2015
Builder:	Fincantieri, Castellammare di Stabia, Naples, Italy
Cost:	€ 1.171 billion [1] (US$1.34 billion)
Laid down:	20 February 2018[2]
Launched:	25 May 2019[3]
Sponsored by:	Laura Mattarella
Commissioned:	June 2022 (expected)
Status:	Launched
Notes:	Hull number 6260 [4] - L9890 [5]
General characteristics
Type:	Landing helicopter dock [6]
Displacement:	33,000 t (32,000 long tons) full-load [7] 25,816 t (25,408 long tons) [8]
Length:	245 m (803 ft 10 in) LOA[9] 213.4 m (700 ft) LPP [10]
Beam:	47 m (154 ft 2 in)
Depth:	7.2 m (23 ft 7 in)
Propulsion:	CODOG scheme + electric engines 2 x Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbines providing 76,000 kW (102,000 hp) [8] 2 x diesel engines M.A.N. 20V32/44CR, 24,000 kW (32,000 hp) [8] 4 x diesel engines generators M.A.N. 9L32/44CR, 20,960 kW (28,110 hp) 2 x 2,250 kW (3,020 hp) electric engines 2 x shaft
Speed:	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) on TAGs 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) on diesel engines 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) on electric engines
Range:	7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) to 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Endurance:	30 days
Complement:	460 crew 604 marines component (max 1043 + 21)
Sensors and processing systems:	Leonardo CMS SADOC Mk4 1 x Leonardo Kronos Dual Band, AESA 3D DBR 4FF, only with X-band radar (Kronos StarFire) [11] 1 x Leonardo Kronos Power Shield, AESA LRR L-band radar 1 x Leonardo conformal IFF 1 x Leonardo Black Snake, anti torpedo towed array sonar 1 x TACAN 1 x PAR (Precision Approach Radar) Leonardo SPN-720
Electronic warfare & decoys:	integrated EW System by Elettronica Spa with RESM/RECM/CESM and ELINT/COMINT capabilities
Armament:	3 × Oto Melara 76/62 mm Strales anti-aircraft guns 3 × Oto Melara Oerlikon KBA 25/80 mm, remotized 2 x Oto Melara ODLS-20 (decoys launchers) FFBNW 2x8-cell SYLVER A50 VLS for 16 Aster 15 and 30 missiles or 32 CAMM ER missiles
Aircraft carried:	usually 12 × AgustaWestland AW101 or combination with SH90A, AgustaWestland AW129D and F-35B;
Notes:	50 m (164 ft 1 in) x 15 m (49 ft 3 in) dock, for 4 x 70 t LCU or 1 LCAC 55 m (180 ft 5 in) x 18 m (59 ft 1 in) garage decks for vehicles (1,200 m (3,937 ft 0 in) for parking vehicles 21 m (68 ft 11 in) (25 m (82 ft 0 in)) x 107 m (351 ft 1 in) hangar (up to 2,600 m2) for up to 14 AgustaWestland AW101 or combination with SH90A, AgustaWestland AW129D and F-35B (or 530 m (1,738 ft 10 in) for parking vehicles) flight deck length 230 m (754 ft 7 in) and wide 36 m (118 ft 1 in) flight deck with up to 9 spots for AW101 or combination with SH90A helicopters, AgustaWestland AW129D Role 2E NATO standard hospital ( 700 m2 ) with 28 beds

The ship will be equipped with heavy and medium helicopters (EH101 and NH90 respectively) and Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II aircraft.[14] She will have a floodable well deck below the hangar level able to accommodate amphibious landing vessels such as LCM (new Cantieri Navali Vittoria LCM23 type), LCAC, and newer L-CAT (Landing Catamaran) vessels. She also can carry Ariete MBT, B1 Centauro tank destroyers, and up to 600 soldiers. Her base will be in Taranto.[15][16]

The unit is being built at Fincantieri's Castellamare di Stabia facility near Naples. The first cut was 12 January 2017 and completed construction of the hull on 25 May 2019,[9] while the official delivery to the Italian Navy will be around the first half of 2022.[15] She is the largest Italian military ship built after the Second World War.[17]

When commissioned she will be the largest vessel of the Italian Navy.[18][19]

See also

• Italian Navy Aviation
• FREMM
• PPA, Pattugliatori Polivalenti d'Altura

References

1. https://www.corteconti.it/Download?id=8c7bb98a-3d57-4ed0-b9bb-7044580fced4
2. "Castellammare di Stabia: Slipway Works Start On The Multipurpose Amphibious Unit (LHD)" (Press release). Fincantieri. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
3. "Fincantieri: The Multipurpose Amphibious Unit "Trieste" Launched In Castellammare di Stabia" (Press release). Fincantieri. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
5. "Photo" (JPG). i65.tinypic.com. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
6. "Marina militare, la "nave umanitaria" si trasforma in portaerei. Ed esplodono i costi. Taciuti al Parlamento - Il Fatto Quotidiano". Ilfattoquotidiano.it. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
7. "LHD/LHA - classe "Trieste"" (PDF). Portaledifesa.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
8. RID 9/2017 p. 71
9. "Trieste, la nave di pace che si trasforma in super-portaerei". Repubblica.it. 25 May 2019.
10. "brochure_naval_vessel_2016" (PDF). Archive.org. 20 December 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 December 2016.
11. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
12. "Multirole LHD". Fincantieri.com. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
13. "Piano di dismissioni delle Unità Navali entro il 2025" (PDF).
14. "Stato Maggiore Marina : VII Reparto Navi" (PDF). Nsweek.com. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
15. "LHD: Landing Helo Dock - Marina Militare". www.marina.difesa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 29 June 2018.
16. Redazione (25 May 2019). "Varata oggi Nave Trieste: è la più grande e sarà di base a Taranto. VIDEO".
17. "Trieste, la più grande nave militare italiana costruita nel Dopoguerra". Il Post. 25 May 2019.
18. "Ecco la nuova ammiraglia da 1100 milioni". L'Espresso (in Italian). 5 August 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
19. "Marina militare, la "nave umanitaria" si trasforma in portaerei. Ed esplodono i costi. Taciuti al Parlamento". ilfattoquotidiano.it (in Italian). 14 April 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.