RNV Agamemnon (LHD-03)

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Class overview
Name:	Agamemnon-class amphibious assault ship
Builders:	Patmos Shipbuilders Consortium
Operators:	Republic Navy
Preceded by:	Nobility-class
Cost:	$850 million
Built:	1999-2001
In service:	2003-present
Completed:	1
Cancelled:	3
Active:	1
History
Republic Navy
Namesake:	Phillippos Agamemnon
Builder:	Argonaid Shipyards
Laid down:	2 August 1999
Launched:	22 April 2001
Commissioned:	5 March 2003
Homeport:	Naval Station Leander
Motto:	"Iron Strike"
Status:	Active Service
General characteristics
Type:	Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) amphibious assault ship
Displacement:	45,000 tons full load
Length:	252 m (826.77 feet)
Beam:	31 m (101.70 feet)
Draft:	9.15 m (30.01 feet)
Propulsion:	Combined Diesel and Gas 1 x RE-MGT-2500+ Gas Turbine 2 x Krakatoa 24/50V/22 Diesel Generators 2 x Azimuth Thrusters
Speed:	+20 kn
Range:	9,650 nm
Boats & landing craft carried:	2 x Landing Craft Air Cushion or 12 x Template:Landing Craft Mechanized or 15 x Extendable self-propelled landing barges
Troops:	1,650 Marines (standard) 2,000 Marines (Temporary capacity)
Complement:	63 officers, 995 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems:	RN/SPD-4 AESA Radar RN/SPS-52 3D Long-Range Air Search RN/SPN-82E Air Traffic Control System ARES Combat System RHEA Defence Network
Electronic warfare & decoys:	RN/SLS-082 Electronic Warfare Suite
Armament:	4 x Millenium-Gun CIWS 4 x RAM Anti-Air Missile Launchers 4 x 76mm Super-Rapid cannons 2 x 30mm Remote-Operated Weapons

History

Crewmembers conduct a charity 5k run on Agamemnons flightdeck.

List of commanding officers

Commanding Officers of the RNV Agamemnon (LHD-03)

Order	Name	Rank	Assumed Command	Relieved
1	Konstantinos Tsounia	CPT	5 March 2003	8 December 2006
2	Andreas Kopamari	CPT	8 December 2006	22 April 2013
3	Nikolaos Miaoulis	CPT	22 April 2013	incumbent