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Cavour 2008

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Cavour	C550		Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso & Muggiano	17.7.2001	20.7.2004	10.6.2009	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	22300
Displacement full, t	27900
Length, m	235.6 wl 244.0 oa
Breadth, m	29.5 wl 40.3 fd
Draught, m	7.40 mean 8.70 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	4 General Electric-FiatAvio LM2500 gas turbines
Power, h. p.	120000
Max speed, kts	28
Fuel, t	gas turbine oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	7000(16)
Armament	2 x 16 Sylver A43 SAM (32 Aster-15), 3 x 1 - 25/87 KBA25/80, 24 aircraft (AV-8B+ Harrier attackers, Merlin, NH90 helicopters)
Military load	4 LCVP, 350 troops, 24 tanks
Electronic equipment	SPY-790 EMPAR, SPS-798, SPS-791, SPN-753, SPN-720, SPN-41A, 2x NA-25XP radars, SASS e/o IR system, 2x GEM e/o directors, SNA-2000 sonar, JASS, JANEWS ECM suites, 2x SCLAR-H decoy RL, 2x SLAT anti-torpedo systems, SEIC CCS
Complement	796 + 145 flag staff

Air group

Year	VSTOL attackers	Helicopters
2010	8 AV-8B Harrier	12 AW101 ASW Merlin, AW101 AEW Merlin
2016	8 AV-8B Harrier	12 AW101 ASW Merlin, NH-90 NFH, Bell 212 ASW, AW101 AEW Merlin

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Aircraft facilities

 (fd - 5,900m², ha - 2,818m² / 20,290m³): Flight deck: 232.6(220.0 by ski-jump)x34.5m. Hangar: 134.2x21.0x7.20m. Two 30t elevators, 21.6x14.0m centerline and 15.0x14.0 deck-edge. There is 12°-inclined ski-jump.

Project history

Initial design funding was provided in the 1996 budget; construction approved in 1998, with provisional order placed in November 2000. Initially referred to as the UMPA (Unita Maggiore Per Operazione Anfibe) but officially conceded to be an aircraft carrier late in 1998 and subsequently called the NUM (Nuova Unita Maggiore). Largest warship built in Italy since World War II. The vessel was previously known unofficially as the Andrea Doria. Considered a multirole ship employable as an amphibious warfare asset, vehicle ferry, disaster-relief ship, strike carrier, or sea-control ship. Fabrication began in June 2001, and the ship ran trials beginning in 2006.

There are six deck spots for EH.101 or NH-90 helicopters. The 2,500m² vehicle garage/hangar is 134.2 m long, 21.0 m wide, and 6.0 m high (with an 11-m-high area for maintenance); it holds 12 EH.101 helicopters or eight AV-8B or U.S. Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft and can also be used to accommodate vehicles. There are two 15t munition elevators. The planned torpedo tubes were eliminated in favor of the navigation aid and mine-avoidance sonar.

Modernizations

2012: + 2 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact SR Strale, 2x SPG-76 radars

Naval service

No significant events.