San Giorgio Landing Transport Docks

San Giorgio-style landing docks ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] were built by Fincantieri for the Italian fleet. These ships can carry a battalion of marines and up to 36 armored vehicles. Aft flooded dock can accommodate three landing barges. Ships are based at the Brindisi Naval Base on the Adriatic coast.

San giusto

San Giorgio and San Marco have been significantly upgraded to accommodate a through flight deck with four landing points. San Giusto , the third ship of the series, has not been modified since construction, but from the very beginning it had an improved design. It is usually used as a training ship ^[3] .

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Series Composition

Name	Tactical number	Case number	Pledged	Lowered	In the ranks	Motto	Fat
Italian Navy - type "San Giorgio"
San giorgio	L9892	929 ^[4]	May 27, 1985	February 21, 1987	February 13, 1988	Arremba san zorzo	In service
San marco	L9893	5825	March 26, 1985	October 10, 1987	May 14, 1988	Ti con nu, nu con ti	In service
San giusto	L9894	5932	August 19, 1991	December 2, 1993	April 14, 1994	Coragio no manca co 'semo nel giusto	In service
Algerian Navy - Superior San Giorgio type
Kalaat Béni Abbès	474	6235	January 11, 2012 ^[5]	January 14, 2014 ^[6]	September 4, 2014 ^[7]	In service with Algerian navy

Replacement Ships

The first two ships in the series are planned for withdrawal from the fleet. The Italian Navy received permission to purchase two amphibious assault helicopter-carrying dock ships (DVKD) with a displacement of 21-24 thousand tons and a length of 190 m with the possibility of acquiring a third vessel, with expanded aircraft (air assault helicopter carrier ) ^[8] .

Superior San Giorgio UDC

In July 2011, the Algerian Navy placed an order with Fincantieri for an improved version of the San Giorgio class amphibious ships classified as Bâtiment de Débarquement et de Soutien Logistique (BDSL, logistics support landing ship) ^[5] ^[9] ^{[ 10]} . On January 8, 2014, the BDSL was launched at the Fincantieri shipyard in Sestri Levant .

Kalaat Béni-Abbès is equipped with the Aster 15 and Aster 30 anti-aircraft mounts aft from the superstructure, with one 76 mm OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid artillery mount on the bow and two 25 mm remote-controlled artillery units. The BDSL can accommodate three LCM-6 type landing boats , three Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel small boats, one Landing Craft Personnel large boat and two semi-rigid boats. In the hangar can accommodate up to 15 armored can accommodate the landing of 440 soldiers ^[11] ^[12] .

Notes

↑ Bishop, Chris. Aircraft Carriers. - London: Summertime Publishing Ltd., 2004. - P. 223. - '' San Giorgio 'class Amphibious Transport Dock (LPD). " - ISBN 0-7603-2005-5 .
↑ San Giorgio Class Landing Platform Dock (LPD), Italy (neopr.) . naval-technology.com. Date of treatment December 3, 2014.
↑ ¹ ² San Giorgio (neopr.) . GlobalSecurity.org (July 11, 2011). Date of treatment December 3, 2014.
↑ Navy ships of Gaioni Gino Franchi srl
↑ ¹ ² Riva Trigoso - Taglio della "prima lamiera" per unità algerina (Italian) . Marina Militare (January 20, 2014). Date of treatment December 3, 2014.
↑ Fincantieri, varata la Beni Abbes risultato delle ... - Marina Militare
↑ "KALAAT BENI-ABBES" DELIVERED AT MUGGIANO SHIPYARD - THE NEW AMPHIBIOUS VESSEL FOR THE ALGERIAN NAVY
↑ Italy Paves the Way for New Amphibious Assault Vessels (Neopr.) . Defense IQ (July 19, 2010). Date of treatment December 3, 2014. Archived December 29, 2010.
↑ Algerian navy orders vessel from Italy , Upi.com (2 August 2011). Date of treatment December 3, 2014.
↑ Bâtiment de Débarquement et de Soutien Logistique: una nave italiana per la marina algerina (Italian) . Marina Militare (December 9, 2013). Date of treatment December 3, 2014.
↑ Italian shipyard Fincantieri launched Algerian Navy future amphibious ship , navyrecognition.com (10 January 2014). Date of treatment December 3, 2014.
↑ Italian shipyard Fincantieri delivered amphibious ship Kalaat Beni-Abbes to Algerian Navy (neopr.) . navyrecognition.com (September 7, 2014). Date of treatment December 3, 2014.

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[1] Bishop, Chris. Aircraft Carriers. - London: Summertime Publishing Ltd., 2004. - P. 223. - '' San Giorgio 'class Amphibious Transport Dock (LPD). " - ISBN 0-7603-2005-5 .

[2] San Giorgio Class Landing Platform Dock (LPD), Italy (neopr.) . naval-technology.com. Date of treatment December 3, 2014.

[globalsecurity-3] ¹ ² San Giorgio (neopr.) . GlobalSecurity.org (July 11, 2011). Date of treatment December 3, 2014.

[4] Navy ships of Gaioni Gino Franchi srl

[Riva_Trigoso-5] ¹ ² Riva Trigoso - Taglio della "prima lamiera" per unità algerina (Italian) . Marina Militare (January 20, 2014). Date of treatment December 3, 2014.

[6] Fincantieri, varata la Beni Abbes risultato delle ... - Marina Militare

[7] "KALAAT BENI-ABBES" DELIVERED AT MUGGIANO SHIPYARD - THE NEW AMPHIBIOUS VESSEL FOR THE ALGERIAN NAVY

[8] Italy Paves the Way for New Amphibious Assault Vessels (Neopr.) . Defense IQ (July 19, 2010). Date of treatment December 3, 2014. Archived December 29, 2010.

[9] Algerian navy orders vessel from Italy , Upi.com (2 August 2011). Date of treatment December 3, 2014.

[10] Bâtiment de Débarquement et de Soutien Logistique: una nave italiana per la marina algerina (Italian) . Marina Militare (December 9, 2013). Date of treatment December 3, 2014.

[11] Italian shipyard Fincantieri launched Algerian Navy future amphibious ship , navyrecognition.com (10 January 2014). Date of treatment December 3, 2014.

[12] Italian shipyard Fincantieri delivered amphibious ship Kalaat Beni-Abbes to Algerian Navy (neopr.) . navyrecognition.com (September 7, 2014). Date of treatment December 3, 2014.