Gerhard von Scharnhorst-class Landing Platform Dock
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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[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- 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)