Vimy Ridge-class Amphibious Assault Ship

The Vimy Ridge-class Amphibious Assault Ships is a class of ship in service in the Canadian Forces Maritime Command. The Vimy Ridge is a modified version of the Juan Carlos I-class amphibious assault ships. There are currently two ships of the class under construction, the HMCS Vimy Ridge (LHA-04) and the HMCS Juno Beach (LHA-05). They are expected to be launched in mid-2013 and commissioned later that year.

Specifications

 * Type: Amphibious Assault Ship (Hull designation symbol LHA)
 * Service Period: 2013-
 * Characteristics
 * Length: 842 ft 6 in (256.79 meters)
 * Beam: 106 ft 7 in (32.49 meters)
 * Draft: 23 ft 10 in (7.27 meters)
 * Displacement: 35,450 tons
 * Capacity: 720 (long term), 1,350 (short term), and up to 70 vehicles
 * Crew: 254 (46 officers and 208 enlisted)
 * Power Output: 52,000 shp with all engines running
 * Range: 12,500 nautical miles (23,150 km) at 15 knots (27.78 km/hr)
 * Top Speed: 22.5 Knots (41.67 km/hr)
 * Propulsion
 * 8 x General Motors Model 265 turbodiesel cruise engines with electronic control
 * 4 x Western Electric 7.5 MW AC electric generators
 * 2 x Western Electric 10.75 MW electric motors in azimuth pods, 2 controllable-pitch propellers
 * Sensor Suite/Countermeasures
 * System 021 3D Air Search Radar
 * System 025A medium-range air search radar
 * System 034SCR long-range surface search radar
 * System 050C Integrated Information Transfer System
 * Raytheon Pathfinder Mark II Ka-Band Navigation Radar
 * AN/SPG-503 STIR 1.8 Fire Control Radar
 * Countermeasures:
 * AN/SLQ-25 Nixie
 * AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite
 * AN/SLQ-49 Chaff Buoy Decoy System
 * Armament
 * 3 x Mk.29 missile launchers (24 RIM-152D ESSM missiles plus 48 reloads)
 * 3 x Naval Defender 35mm CIWS systems
 * 2 x Mk.49 Rolling Airframe Missile Launchers (42 missiles plus 84 reloads)
 * 4 x M2 Browning 12.7mm machine guns
 * Boats and Landing Craft Carried: 2 LCAC hovercraft OR 6 LCM-8 landing craft, 6 RHIB inflatable boats
 * Aircraft Carried: Up to 40
 * Aircraft Supported: Aircraft Types Equipped For: UH-1Y Venom, AH-1Z Viper, AH-2A Rooivalk, AV-8B Harrier II, V-22 Osprey, F-35B Lightning II, CH-46F Sea Knight, CH-47F Chinook, CH-53K Super Stallion, AH-64E Apache Longbow, ARH-70 Arapaho, VH-71 Kestrel, EC.665 Tiger, CH-136D Kiowa Warrior, CH-146 Griffon, CH-147 Chinook, CH-148 Cyclone, CH-149 Comorant, CH-151 Vulcan

Unit Run

 * HMCS Vimy Ridge (LHA-04)
 * HMCS Juno Beach (LHA-05)