Giuseppe Garibaldi 551)
Career (IT)
Laid down:	March 1981
Launched:	June 1983
Commissioned:	September 1985
Status:	active in service
Homeport:	Taranto
General Characteristics
Displacement:	13,850t
Length:	180.2m
Beam:	33.4m
Draught:	6.5m
Propulsion:	4 × General Electric/Avio LM2500 gas turbines
Speed:	30 knots
Endurance:	7,000 miles (20 knots)
Complement:	550 + aircrew (up to 225)
Aircraft carried:	16 AV-8B Harrier IIs, or 18 Agusta helicopters
Motto:	Obbedisco

The aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi (551) is the current flagship of the Marina Militare Italiana, the Italian Navy. She was built by Fincantieri of Genoa and commissioned in 1985. Garibaldi is classed as a CVS–ASW (Aircraft Carrier with Anti-Submarine Warfare) and is based in Taranto. She is named after the Italian general Giuseppe Garibaldi. At 13,850 tons standard displacement, she holds the distinction of being the smallest aircraft carrier presently in service as of 2006. Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Italy. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Taranto is a coastal city in Apulia, southern Italy. ... The General Electric LM2500 industrial and marine turboshaft gas turbine is a derivative of GE Aircraft Engines CF6-6 aircraft engine. ... This machine has a single-stage centrifugal compressor and turbine, a recuperator, and foil bearings. ... The Boeing/BAE Systems AV-8B Harrier II is a family of second-generation vertical/short takeoff and landing or V/STOL jet mullti-role aircraft of the late 20th century. ... A South African Air Force A109LUH Agusta (now part of AgustaWestland) is an Italian helicopter manufacturer. ... Marina Militare naval jack Marina Militare (Italian Navy) is one of the four branches of the military forces of Italy. ... Taranto is a coastal city in Apulia, southern Italy. ... Garibaldi in 1866. ...

The Italian aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi (551) (foreground) and the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS America (CV 66) conduct joint operations in the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Croatia on 19 January 1996.

The Garibaldi is designed for anti-submarine operations. Her air-arm consists of either a maximum sixteen AV-8B Harrier IIs, or eighteen Agusta helicopters or a mix of helicopters and fighters. The flight-deck is the characteristic off-axis design with ski-jump for STOL aircraft, it is 174 m long and 30 m wide. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1489x937, 304 KB) The Italian light aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi (C 551) (foreground) and the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS America (CV 66) conduct joint operations in the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Croatia on Jan. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1489x937, 304 KB) The Italian light aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi (C 551) (foreground) and the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS America (CV 66) conduct joint operations in the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Croatia on Jan. ... Anti-submarine warfare (ASW or in older forms A/S) is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft or other submarines to find, track and then damage or destroy enemy submarines. ... The Boeing/BAE Systems AV-8B Harrier II is a family of second-generation vertical/short takeoff and landing or V/STOL jet mullti-role aircraft of the late 20th century. ... A South African Air Force A109LUH Agusta (now part of AgustaWestland) is an Italian helicopter manufacturer. ... STOL is an acronym for Short Take-Off and Landing, used in the aircraft industry to describe airplanes with very short runway requirements. ...

The ship is also equipped with an eight-cell surface-to-surface missile system, and two 324mm three-tube torpedo launchers. Defences are provided by two eight-cell SAM launchers firing the SARH Aspide missile, additional defences are offered by three Breda 40mm twin-gun mounts. Counter-measures include two twenty-barrel decoy launchers for chaff, flares, or jammers; the ship also has the Nixie anti-torpedo system and ECM systems. A guided missile is a military rocket that can be directed in flight to change its flight path. ... A modern torpedo, historically called a locomotive torpedo, is a self-propelled projectile that (after being launched above or below the water surface) operates underwater and is designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. ... Akash Missile Firing French Air Force Crotale battery Bendix Rim-8 Talos surface to air missile of the US Navy A surface-to-air missile (SAM) is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft. ... Sarh (formerly Fort Archambault) is the largest city in southern Chad, the capital of Moyen-Chari region and the department of Barh Köh. ... Chaff is the seed casings and other inedible plant matter harvested with cereal grains such as wheat. ... A towed torpedo decoy used on US and allied warships. ... ECM is an abbreviation of: Electret condenser microphone Electro chemical machining Electronic countermeasures Electronic contract manufacturing Electronic control module Elliptic curve method (integer factorization) Electron Cloud Model Enterprise content management Entitlement control message - in secure data transfer Error correction mode (fax protocol) Essentials of Clinical Medicine Extracellular matrix See also...

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 (56km/h) and can travel for 7,000 nautical miles (13,000km) at around 20 knots (37km/h). Fiat Grande Punto Fiat Group, or Fiat S.p. ... Principle of a COGAG propulsion system Combined gas turbine and gas turbine (COGAG) is a type of propulsion system for ships using two gas turbines connected to a single propeller shaft. ... This machine has a single-stage centrifugal compressor and turbine, a recuperator, and foil bearings. ... GE redirects here. ...

Crest of Giuseppe Garibaldi.

She was built by Fincantieri (Italcantieri) at the Monfalcone shipyards near Gorizia. She was laid down in March 1981, launched in 1983 and was commissioned on September 30, 1985. The WWII peace treaty banned Italy from having an aircraft carrier, and therefore at the time of her launch she did not receive her Harriers. Until 1988 only Italian helicopters landed on her deck, as well as RAF Harriers during NATO joint maneuvers. The ban was eventually lifted and in 1989 she obtained her own Harriers. Garibaldi will be shortly joined as the flagship of the Italian navy by the new and larger carrier Cavour. Image File history File links CREST_garibaldi. ... Image File history File links CREST_garibaldi. ... Fincantieri is an Italian shipbuilder. ... Monfalcone is a small coastal city on the North-East of Italy, Gulf of Trieste. ... Gorizia (Slovenian: Gorica, German: Görz, Friulian: Gurize) is a small town at the foot of the Alps, in northeastern Italy, on the border with Slovenia. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Other ships with the same name

Giuseppe Garibaldi (551) is the fourth ship of the Italian Navy named after the 19th century soldier: Pre-unitarian navies of the Italian states Regia Marina - Royal Navy of the Kingdom of Italy (1861 - 1946) Marina Militare - Navy of the Italian Republic (1946 - today) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• 1861, a frigate;
• 1901, an armoured cruiser;
• 1933, a light cruiser; extensively re-built in 1961

All the four ships, together with an image of Garibaldi, are depicted in the crest. Giuseppe Garibaldi (1933) was an Italian Duca degli Abruzzi class light cruiser, that served in the Regia Marina during World War II. After the war she was retained by the Marina Militare and re built. ...