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San Marco 1988

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
San Giorgio	L9892		Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso	26.6.1985	25.2.1987	13.2.1988	in service (2019)
San Marco	L9893		Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso	28.6.1986	25.10.1987	14.5.1988	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	6687
Displacement full, t	7665
Length, m	118.0 pp 133.3 oa
Breadth, m	20.5
Draught, m	5.25
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 GMT A420-12 diesels
Power, h. p.	16800
Max speed, kts	21
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	7500(17)
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara MMI, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 3 - 5 helicopters (3 CH-47 Chinook or 3 SH-3D Sea King or 5 AB-212)
Military load	3 LCM, 4 LCVP, 36 APC, 345 troops
Electronic equipment	SPS-702, SPN-748, RTN-10X radars, 2x SCLAR decoy RL
Complement	170

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Project history

San Giorgio was ordered in March 1984, San Marco was financed by Ministry of Civil Protection for disaster relief, and has more extensive medical facilities; she served as a hospital ship during the 1991 Gulf conflict. Vehicles and troops can be landed via bow doors during a beaching, 20.5x7.0m stern docking well is equipped with a 40t traveling bridge crane and can accommodate 3 LCM; 4 LCVP are carried on the deck. Helicopters are stowed on deck, 100x14.0x5.0m hangar below can hold 30 or more APCs. Flight deck is served by a 13.5x3.5m 30t elevator and 16t crane. There is stowage for 99m³ of refrigerated cargo and 300m³ of dry stores.

Modernizations

2003, San Giorgio; 2004, San Marco: flight deck was extended to the bow, 5m sponson was added to port (breadth by the deck 25.5m), providing spots fore and aft for EH-101 helicopters and two spots on the sponson for smaller helicopters, bow door was sealed; - 2 LCVP, 2 retained LCVPs resited below the sponson; - 1 x 1 - 76/62, 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 1 Stinger SAM (some FIM-92), 2 x 1 - 25/87 KBA25/80, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy

Naval service

No significant events.