Gerhard von Scharnhorst-class Landing Platform Dock

The Gerhard von Scharnhorst-class landing platform dock is a class of amphibious warfare ship in service in the Bundesmarine from 2024 onwards. They are named after famous Prussian military leaders.

Specifications

 * Type: Landing Platform Dock/Amphibious Command Ships
 * Service Period: 2024-
 * Characteristics:
 * Length: 710 feet (216.41 meters)
 * Beam: 110 feet 9 inches (33.76 meters)
 * Draft: 38 feet 9 inches (11.81 meters)
 * Displacement: 32,100 tons (Full Load)
 * Crew: 287 (33 officers and 254 enlisted)
 * Complement: 800 (70 officers and 730 enlisted)
 * Endurance: 28 days
 * Installed Power: 6 x MTU 2000 kW generators
 * Propulsion: 2 x shafts with variable pitch propellers, 50,000 shp
 * 4 x MTU 12.500 PS Turbo Diesel engines
 * 2 x Renk Gearboxes
 * Range: 12,000 nautical miles (22,224 kilometers) at 18 knots (33.34 km/h)
 * Speed: 22 knots (40.74 km/h)
 * Sensor Suite:
 * Thales APAR Multifunction Radar
 * Raytheon Pathfinder Mk.II Navigation Radar
 * Countermeasures:
 * Armament:
 * 4 x Goalkeeper 30mm CIWS
 * 2 x Mk.49 SeaRAM Launchers
 * 2 x 27mm MLG-27 autocannons
 * Aircraft Carried:
 * Boats Carried:

Unit Run

 * BMS Gerhard von Scharnhorst (L71)
 * BMS Freiherr vom Stein (L72)
 * BMS August von Gneisenau (L73)
 * BMS Gebhardt Leberecht Blücher (L74)
 * BMS Carl von Clausewitz (L75)
 * BMS Hermann von Boyen (L76)