Italian aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi

	Giuseppe Garibaldi in 2004
History
Italy
Name	Giuseppe Garibaldi
Namesake	Giuseppe Garibaldi
Builder	Fincantieri, Monafalcone Shipyard, Monfalcone (Gorizia)
Cost	Lire 428 billion (1981) (equivalent to €903.63 million in 2019)
Laid down	26 March 1981
Launched	11 June 1983
Commissioned	30 September 1985
Decommissioned	1 October 2024
Homeport	Taranto
Identification	Pennant number: 551
Motto	Obbedisco "I Obey"
Status	Retired
General characteristics
Type	ASW aircraft cruiser/aircraft carrier
Displacement	- 10,100 t (9,900 long tons) (standard); - 13,850 t (13,630 long tons) (full load); - 14,150 t (13,930 long tons) (full load, after 2003 MLU);
Length	180.2 m (591 ft)
Beam	33.4 m (110 ft)
Draught	8.2 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) each;
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)+
Range	7,000 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 staff;
Sensors &; 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-25;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	- Elettronica Spa SLQ-732 jamming system; - 2 × OTO Melara SCLAR decoy launcher; - AN/SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy;
Armament	2 × 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 carried	up to 18; AV-8B Harrier II fighter/bombers; Augusta SH-3D or AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters (ASW, ASH and AEW);
Notes	flight deck is length 174.0 m (570.9 ft) and 30.0 m (98.4 ft) wide

Giuseppe Garibaldi was 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 was widely recognised as a carrier first and foremost, she was officially designated as an aircraft-carrying cruiser. The ship was 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.

The ship was retired in 2024 and replaced by the LHD Trieste.

History
Giuseppe Garibaldi in 2004
Italy
Name	Giuseppe Garibaldi
Namesake	Giuseppe Garibaldi
Builder	Fincantieri, Monafalcone Shipyard, Monfalcone (Gorizia)
Cost	Lire 428 billion (1981) (equivalent to €903.63 million in 2019)
Laid down	26 March 1981
Launched	11 June 1983
Commissioned	30 September 1985
Decommissioned	1 October 2024
Homeport	Taranto
Identification	Pennant number: 551
Motto	Obbedisco "I Obey"
Status	Retired
General characteristics
Type	ASW aircraft cruiser/aircraft carrier
Displacement	- 10,100 t (9,900 long tons) (standard) - 13,850 t (13,630 long tons) (full load) - 14,150 t (13,930 long tons) (full load, after 2003 MLU)
Length	180.2 m (591 ft)
Beam	33.4 m (110 ft)
Draught	8.2 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) each
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)+
Range	7,000 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 staff
Sensors & 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-25
Electronic warfare & decoys	- Elettronica Spa SLQ-732 jamming system - 2 × OTO Melara SCLAR decoy launcher - AN/SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy
Armament	2 × 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 carried	up to 18 AV-8B Harrier II fighter/bombers Augusta SH-3D or AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters (ASW, ASH and AEW)
Notes	flight deck is length 174.0 m (570.9 ft) and 30.0 m (98.4 ft) wide