The Giuseppe Garibaldi is the fourth ship of the Italian Navy to be named after the 19th-century Italian General Giuseppe Garibaldi. All four ships, including the missile cruiser, together with an image of Garibaldi, are depicted in the crest.
Giuseppe Garibaldi's deck layoutSH-3 Sea King on deck
The ship is powered by four FiatCOGAGgas turbines built under license from GE, offering a sustained power of 81,000 hp (60 MW). Driving two shafts the ship has a maximum speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) and can travel for 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at around 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph).
The ship also has several countermeasures, including two SCLAR twenty-barrel launchers for chaff, decoy, flares, or jammers, the SLQ-25 Nixie and SLAT anti-torpedo systems and ECM systems.
The air arm consists of a maximum of sixteen AV-8B Harrier IIs and two search and rescue helicopters, or eighteen Agusta helicopters or a mix of helicopters and fighters. The flight deck is the characteristic off-axis design with a 6.5-degree ski-jump for STOL aircraft; she is 174 m (571 ft) long and 30.4 m (100 ft) wide.[6]
A 1937 law gave control of all national fixed-wing air assets to the Italian Air Force, and the navy was only permitted to operate helicopters. At the time of the ship's commissioning of Garibaldi, the Italian Naval Aviation did not receive her Harriers, so she was reclassified as an Incrociatore portaeromobili (Italian for Aircraft carrying cruiser). Until 1988 only Italian helicopters landed on her deck, as well as Royal Navy Sea Harriers during NATO joint maneuvers. The ban on fixed-wing aircraft was lifted in 1989, and the Italian Navy acquired Harrier II fighters to fly from the Giuseppe Garibaldi.[7]
In 2009 Giuseppe Garibaldi was replaced as the flagship of the Italian Navy by the new and larger carrier Cavour.
The ship underwent a modernization in 2003 and a major restructuring in 2013.
Combat operationsedit
Giuseppe Garibaldi and the US aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman operate near each other in the Atlantic Ocean while participating in Majestic Eagle 2004, a multinational war exercise conducted off the coast of Morocco.
In 1999 with the Kosovo War in the Balkans, Italy committed Harrier AV-8B II+ fighters embarked aboard Giuseppe Garibaldi from 13 May to early June 1999. The planes carried out 30 sorties in 63 hours of flight. The aircraft used Mk 82 GBU-16 bombs and AGM-65 Maverick missiles. The Italian naval force, in addition to the aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi with her air group, included the Maestrale-class frigate Zeffiro.
Following the attacks of 11 September 2001 and the war on terror declared by U.S. President Bush, Italy participated in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Giuseppe Garibaldi was engaged as the command ship of GRUPNAVIT I, 1 Italian Shipping Group, which also included Zeffiro, the patrol team and the airman supplier in Etna. The group set sail from Taranto on 18 November 2001. They trained in the Indian Ocean from 3 December 2001 to 1 March 2002 and returned to Taranto on 18 March 2002. During the mission, the AV-8B Harrier unit carried out 288 missions for a total of 860 hours of flight. Tasks carried out included interception/interdiction, sea and air support, and aircraft interdiction in Afghanistan.
A Marina Militare TAV-8B Harrier II aboard Giuseppe Garibaldi
Participating in the 2011 military intervention in Libya after the transfer of authority to NATO and the decision to participate in strike air-ground operations, the Italian government assigned under NATO command four Italian Navy AV-8B plus (from Garibaldi) in addition to Italian air force aircraft.[8] As of 24 March, the Italian Navy was engaged in Operation Unified Protector with the light aircraft carrier Garibaldi, the Maestrale-class frigate Libeccio and the auxiliary ship Etna.[9] Additionally the Orizzonte-class frigate Andrea Doria and Maestrale-class frigate Euro were patrolling off the Sicilian coast in an air-defence role.[10][11] In total, until the end of the mission in Libya, the eight Italian Navy AV-8Bs flying from the carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi dropped 160 guided bombs during 1221 flight hours.[12]
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For other ships with the same name see Italian ship Giuseppe Garibaldi Giuseppe Garibaldi is an Italian aircraft carrier the first through deck aviation ship ever built for the Italian Navy and the first Italian ship built to operate fixed wing aircraft Although she is widely recognised as a carrier first and foremost she is officially designated as an aircraft carrying cruiser 3 4 5 She is equipped with short take off and vertical landing STOVL aircraft and helicopters Giuseppe Garibaldi was involved in combat air operations off Somalia Kosovo Afghanistan and Libya Giuseppe Garibaldi in 2004HistoryItalyNameGiuseppe GaribaldiNamesakeGiuseppe GaribaldiBuilderFincantieri Monfalcone Gorizia CostLire 428 billion 1981 equivalent to 903 63 million in 2019 Laid down26 March 1981 1 Launched11 June 1983Commissioned30 September 1985HomeportTarantoIdentificationPennant number 551MottoObbediscoStatusIn active serviceGeneral characteristicsTypeASW aircraft cruiser aircraft carrierDisplacement 10 100 t 9 900 long tons standard 13 850 t 13 630 long tons full load 2 14 150 t 13 930 long tons full load after 2003 MLU Length180 2 m 591 ft Beam33 4 m 110 ft Draught8 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 eachSpeed30 kn 56 km h 35 mph Range7 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 staffSensors 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 GEM Elettronica SPN 749 navigation radar Selenia SPN 728 approach radar 3 Selenia RTN 30X fire control radar for Albatross Aspide 3 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 25Electronic warfare amp decoys Elettronica Spa SLQ 732 jamming system 2 OTO Melara SCLAR decoy launcher AN SLQ 25 Nixie towed torpedo decoyArmament2 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 carriedup to 18 AV 8B Harrier II fighter bombers Augusta SH 3D or AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters ASW ASH and AEW Notesflight deck is length 174 0 m 570 9 ft and 30 0 m 98 4 ft wide Contents 1 Design 2 Combat operations 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksDesign editThe Giuseppe Garibaldi is the fourth ship of the Italian Navy to be named after the 19th century Italian General Giuseppe Garibaldi All four ships including the missile cruiser together with an image of Garibaldi are depicted in the crest nbsp Giuseppe Garibaldi s deck layout nbsp SH 3 Sea King on deckBuilt by Fincantieri Italcantieri at the Monfalcone shipyards on the Gulf of Trieste she was laid down on 26 March 1981 1 launched on 11 June 1983 and commissioned on 30 September 1985 Garibaldi is classed as an anti submarine warfare carrier ASW and she is based in Taranto The ship is powered by four Fiat COGAG gas turbines built under license from GE offering a sustained power of 81 000 hp 60 MW Driving two shafts the ship has a maximum speed of 30 knots 56 km h 35 mph and can travel for 7 000 nautical miles 13 000 km 8 100 mi at around 20 knots 37 km h 23 mph The ship was equipped with four Otomat Mk2 short range surface to surface missile system installed at the stern of the vessel removed in 2003 to improve the flight deck and satellite communications and two ILAS three triple tube torpedo launchers Defences are provided by two eight cell SAM launchers firing the SARH Aspide missile and three Oto Melara Twin 40L70 DARDO CIWS The ship also has several countermeasures including two SCLAR twenty barrel launchers for chaff decoy flares or jammers the SLQ 25 Nixie and SLAT anti torpedo systems and ECM systems The air arm consists of a maximum of sixteen AV 8B Harrier IIs and two search and rescue helicopters or eighteen Agusta helicopters or a mix of helicopters and fighters The flight deck is the characteristic off axis design with a 6 5 degree ski jump for STOL aircraft she is 174 m 571 ft long and 30 4 m 100 ft wide 6 A 1937 law gave control of all national fixed wing air assets to the Italian Air Force and the navy was only permitted to operate helicopters At the time of the ship s commissioning of Garibaldi the Italian Naval Aviation did not receive her Harriers so she was reclassified as an Incrociatore portaeromobili Italian for Aircraft carrying cruiser Until 1988 only Italian helicopters landed on her deck as well as Royal Navy Sea Harriers during NATO joint maneuvers The ban on fixed wing aircraft was lifted in 1989 and the Italian Navy acquired Harrier II fighters to fly from the Giuseppe Garibaldi 7 In 2009 Giuseppe Garibaldi was replaced as the flagship of the Italian Navy by the new and larger carrier Cavour The ship underwent a modernization in 2003 and a major restructuring in 2013 Combat operations edit nbsp Giuseppe Garibaldi and the US aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman operate near each other in the Atlantic Ocean while participating in Majestic Eagle 2004 a multinational war exercise conducted off the coast of Morocco In 1999 with the Kosovo War in the Balkans Italy committed Harrier AV 8B II fighters embarked aboard Giuseppe Garibaldi from 13 May to early June 1999 The planes carried out 30 sorties in 63 hours of flight The aircraft used Mk 82 GBU 16 bombs and AGM 65 Maverick missiles The Italian naval force in addition to the aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi with her air group included the Maestrale class frigate Zeffiro Following the attacks of 11 September 2001 and the war on terror declared by U S President Bush Italy participated in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan Giuseppe Garibaldi was engaged as the command ship of GRUPNAVIT I 1 Italian Shipping Group which also included Zeffiro the patrol team and the airman supplier in Etna The group set sail from Taranto on 18 November 2001 They trained in the Indian Ocean from 3 December 2001 to 1 March 2002 and returned to Taranto on 18 March 2002 During the mission the AV 8B Harrier unit carried out 288 missions for a total of 860 hours of flight Tasks carried out included interception interdiction sea and air support and aircraft interdiction in Afghanistan nbsp A Marina Militare TAV 8B Harrier II aboard Giuseppe GaribaldiParticipating in the 2011 military intervention in Libya after the transfer of authority to NATO and the decision to participate in strike air ground operations the Italian government assigned under NATO command four Italian Navy AV 8B plus from Garibaldi in addition to Italian air force aircraft 8 As of 24 March the Italian Navy was engaged in Operation Unified Protector with the light aircraft carrier Garibaldi the Maestrale class frigate Libeccio and the auxiliary ship Etna 9 Additionally the Orizzonte class frigate Andrea Doria and Maestrale class frigate Euro were patrolling off the Sicilian coast in an air defence role 10 11 In total until the end of the mission in Libya the eight Italian Navy AV 8Bs flying from the carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi dropped 160 guided bombs during 1221 flight hours 12 See also editItalian Naval Aviation Italian aircraft carrier Cavour Italian landing helicopter dock Trieste List of naval ship classes in serviceReferences edit a b Gardiner Robert 1983 Conway s All the World s Fighting Ships 1947 1982 Part One The Western Powers Annapolis Maryland Naval Institute Press p 66 ISBN 0 87021 918 9 Giuseppe Garibaldi Portaeromobili GlobalSecurity Archived from the original on 29 November 2014 Retrieved 1 January 2015 Garibaldi in Italian 11 August 2016 Archived from the original on 2016 08 11 Retrieved 14 June 2023 Thomas Newdick 15 February 2021 All You Need To Know About Italy s F 35 Carrier That Just Arrived In The US The War Zone Retrieved 14 June 2023 Dreadnaughtz 17 March 2023 Giuseppe Garibaldi 1st Italian STOVL carrier Naval Encyclopedia Retrieved 14 June 2023 Giuseppe Garibaldi light aircraft carrier Archived 2016 12 31 at the Wayback Machine military today com Issue 11 Harrier The Harrier Abroad Aviation Classics 28 July 2011 Archived from the original on 1 January 2015 Retrieved 1 January 2015 contributo nazionale operazione Odissey Dawn Italian Ministry of Defense 11 June 2011 Archived from the original on July 20 2011 Operazione Unified Protector navi italiane partecipano all embargo in Italian Italian Ministry of Defense 25 March 2011 Archived from the original on 14 April 2019 La Marina Militare in campo per la crisi libica e i flussi migratori in Italian Ministry of Defence of the Italian Republic 21 March 2011 Archived from the original on 9 December 2014 Retrieved 1 January 2015 Libia nave Andrea Doria nel canale di Sicilia con compiti di difesa aerea da attacchi missilistici in Italian GrNet it 19 March 2011 Archived from the original on 7 December 2014 Retrieved 1 January 2015 Kington Tom 14 December 2011 Italy Gives Bombing Stats for Libya Campaign Defense News Archived from the original on 28 July 2012 Retrieved 1 January 2015 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Italian aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi Aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi Marina Militare websitePortals nbsp Italy nbsp Engineering Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Italian aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi amp oldid 1177198454, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
