Italian ship San Giusto

	300px San Giusto alongside at Malaga in 2003
History
Italy
Name:	San Giusto
Namesake:	St. Justus
Builder:	Fincantieri-Cantieri Navali SpA, Riva Trigoso
Laid down:	19 August 1991
Launched:	23 October 1993
Status:	Active
General characteristics
Class & type:	San Giorgio-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement:	7,650-8,300 tons
Length:	133 m (436 ft)
Beam:	20.5 m (67 ft)
Propulsion:	2 × Fincantieri GMT A 420.12 diesel engines
Speed:	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range:	7,500 nautical miles (13,900 km; 8,600 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Boats & landing; craft carried:	Three LCM, three LCVP and a patrol craft
Capacity:	350 men with 30 medium tanks or 36 tracked armoured vehicles
Complement:	17 officers, 163 ratings
Sensors and; processing systems:	Selex ES MM/SPQ 702 search radar, SPN-748 navigation radar, Selex ES RTN-10X fire control radar
Electronic warfare; & decoys:	Elettronica SpA INS-3 ECM/ESM suite
Armament:	1 × OTO Melara 76/62 mm Compatto gun; 2 × OTO Melara KBA 25/80 mm guns.;
Aircraft carried:	3 × AW-101 or 5 × Agusta Bell AB-212 helicopters
Aviation facilities:	Flight deck with three landing spots, no hangar (but San Giusto is capable to move AB212 sized helicopters to and from the vehicle deck)

San Giusto (L9894) is a San Giorgio-class amphibious transport dock of the Italian Navy. The ship was built by Fincantieri-Cantieri Navali SpA at Riva Trigoso, laid down on 19 August 1991, and launched 23 October 1993.^[2]

Operations

1997: ALBA-NEO operation, to support Albanian people
1999/2000: the ship was deployed to East Timor as part of the Australian-led INTERFET peacekeeping taskforce from 26 October 1999 to 15 February 2000.^[3]
2003: ANTICA BABILONIA/IRAQI FREEDOM, support to Italian and coalition forces in Iraq
June 2005: San Giusto was the flagship of Admiral Jonathon Band RN,^[4] during "Exercise Sorbet Royal", a NATO exercise in which ships from ten countries, carried out simulated rescues from submerged submarines.^[5]
2008: DEEP BLUE/LONG KNIFE international exercise
2009: LOYAL MARINER 09 international exercise
2011: UNIFIED PROTECTOR operation, to support Libya coalition campaign
2012: flagship of Task Force Atalanta in Indian Ocean for anti-piracy rules
2014: Mare Nostrum operations to rescue refugees in Mediterranean Sea.

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v t e Ship classes of the Marina Militare
Aircraft carriers	Cavour Giuseppe Garibaldi
Amphibious transport docks	San Giorgio
Destroyers and frigates	Durand de la Penne Andrea Doria Bergamini Maestrale Soldati
Corvettes and patrol boats	Minerva Esploratori Comandanti Cassiopea Sirio
Submarines	Sauro Todaro
Minesweepers	Lerici Gaeta
Auxiliary ships	Etna Magnaghi Ninfe Stromboli Elettra

History
300px San Giusto alongside at Malaga in 2003
Italy
Name:	San Giusto
Namesake:	St. Justus
Builder:	Fincantieri-Cantieri Navali SpA, Riva Trigoso
Laid down:	19 August 1991
Launched:	23 October 1993
Status:	Active
General characteristics
Class & type:	San Giorgio-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement:	7,650-8,300 tons
Length:	133 m (436 ft)
Beam:	20.5 m (67 ft)
Propulsion:	2 × Fincantieri GMT A 420.12 diesel engines
Speed:	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range:	7,500 nautical miles (13,900 km; 8,600 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried:	Three LCM, three LCVP and a patrol craft
Capacity:	350 men with 30 medium tanks or 36 tracked armoured vehicles
Complement:	17 officers, 163 ratings
Sensors and processing systems:	Selex ES MM/SPQ 702 search radar, SPN-748 navigation radar, Selex ES RTN-10X fire control radar
Electronic warfare & decoys:	Elettronica SpA INS-3 ECM/ESM suite ^[1]
Armament:	1 × OTO Melara 76/62 mm Compatto gun 2 × OTO Melara KBA 25/80 mm guns.
Aircraft carried:	3 × AW-101 or 5 × Agusta Bell AB-212 helicopters
Aviation facilities:	Flight deck with three landing spots, no hangar (but San Giusto is capable to move AB212 sized helicopters to and from the vehicle deck)