Provvidenza-class aircraft carrier

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Class overview
Name: Provvidenza class
Operators:  Luminerra
Preceded by: Aquila-class aircraft carrier
Built: 1996-2001
In commission: 2001–present
Planned: 2
Completed: 1
Active: 1
General characteristics
Type: Aircraft carrier
Displacement:
  • - 10,100 t (9,900 long tons) (standard)
  • - 13,850 t (13,630 long tons) (full load)
Length: 180.2 m (591 ft)
Beam: 33.4 m (110 ft)
Draft: 8.2 m (27 ft)
Propulsion: 4 × Blanchetta MBMG-2154 gas turbines, 60,400 kW (81,000 hp)
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
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • <> long-range radar
  • <> early warning radar
  • <> early warning, E band radar
  • <> surface search radar
  • <> navigation radar
  • <> approach radar
  • <> fire control radar, for missiles
  • <> fire control radar, for close in defense
  • <> hull sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • <> jamming system
  • 2 × <> decoy launcher
  • <> towed torpedo decoy
Armament:
Aircraft carried:
  • up to 18
  • <> fighter/bombers
  • <> helicopters (ASW, ASH and AEW)