Giuseppe Garibaldi aircraft carrier C551

Giuseppe Garibaldi aircraft carrier C551: or aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi , the main ship in the Italian fleet . And entered service in 1985. It is classified as an aircraft carrier , anti-submarine , capable of carrying 18 helicopters , or a squadron of fighter aircraft with vertical take-off VSTOL. 

Carrier can be carried out tasks of fighting submarines, and command and control work for workgroups air / naval joint , as well as acts of surveillance, escort convoys , and the transfer of the special forces and of the supply of the fleet. Equipped with missile - bearing surface / surface long-range type Otomat , Qazvan in front and Qazvan in the rear. They are also equipped with the Albatros system for anti-aircraft missiles , which provides short - term central defense for carrier ; , which consists of eight launchers cells, and uses the rocket Aspid , The positive half guidance , and a range of 14 km . Carrying 48 carrier rockets of this kind. 

As well as three armed bearing double guns , caliber 40 / 70 mm of the kind OTO Breda , the rate of fire 300 rounds / min , and a range of 4 km . The length of the flight deck of the carrier 174 m , and 30.5 m wide.

 And deviate last 15 m of the length of the surface to the top of the , mi angle 4 degrees; to help take-off aircraft . 

Carrier can accommodate 18 aircraft of the type Sea King, or Sikorsky SH - 3D , or can accommodate 16 aircraft of the type AV-8B, or a mixture of helicopters and vertical take-off aircraft .

 Carrier used four engines of the type LM2500 , the capacity of each 80 thousand hp .

1. Country of Origin: Italy .

2. Use: an aircraft carrier. Used in the task of fighting submarines, and command and control groups fighting sea / air , escort convoys , and Abrar special forces.

Countries used : Italy .

Dimensions

Overall length : 180.2 m .

Cm above the water line : 162.8 m .

Along the surface of quitting : 174 m .

Width : 30.5 m .

Showing off surface : 30.5 m .

Draught : 6.7 m .

Weights

Full load : 13.800 tons.

Performance [ edit ]

Maximum speed: 53 km / h .

Economic speed : 36 km / h .

Scope of work : 12,600 km , at the speed of 36 km / h .

The driving force

Engine : LM 2500.

Issue Number: 4 .

Fuel : Gasoline .

Engine capacity : 80 thousand hp per engine .

Number of axles: 2.

Sensors

Radar command to fire missile system : AESN NA30.

Radar leadership cannon fire : NA 21.

Long - range search radar : MM/SPS-768.

Long-range surveillance radar : AN/SPS-52C.

Allocation of radar targets MM/SPS- 702.

Navigation radar : MM/SPN-749.

Radar in air traffic control : MM/SPN-728.

Active sonar system : DE 1160 LF.

Electronic warfare

Electronic Disability System : SLQ-732.

Dissemination System foil and heat flares : SCLAR.

Aircraft

Helicopter Sea King: 18.

Helicopters Sikorski SH 3D: 18.

Vertical take-off aircraft Harrier II AV-8B: 16.

Crew

Site -bearing : 550 .

Air crew : 230 .