ITS Cavour (550)

The ITS Cavour (550) conducting F-35B tests off the coast of the United States.

The ITS Cavour (550) is a light aircraft carrier in service in the Marina Militare from 2008 onwards. She is the flagship of the Italian Navy.

Specifications

• Type: Light Aircraft Carrier
• Service Period: 2009-
• Characteristics:
  • Length (Between Perpendiculars): 707 feet (215.5 meters);Length (Overall): 800 feet 6 inches (244 meters)
  • Beam: 127 feet 11 inches (39 meters)
  • Draught: 28 feet 7 inches (8.71 meters)
  • Displacement: 20,826 tons (Light); 29,625 tons (Full Load)
• Crew: 1,292 (5 Flag Officers and VIPs, 486 crew, 211 air crew, 140 C⁴ staff, 430 troops)
• Propulsion: COGAG, 2 x shafts
  • 4 x GE/Avio LM2500+ gas turbines, 118,010 bhp (88,000 kW)
  • 6 x Wärtsila CW 12V200 diesel generators, 17,701 bhp (13,200 kW)
• Range: 7,000 nautical miles (12,964 kilometers) at 16 knots (29.63 km/h)
• Speed: 29+ knots (53.71+ km/h)
• Sensor Suite:
  • Selex ES MM/SPS-798 RAN-40L L-Band Long Range 3D Air Search Radar
  • Selex ES MM/SPY-790 EMPAR Multifunction Radar
  • Selex ES RAN-30X/I RASS Surface Search Radar
  • GEM Elettronica MM/SPN-753(v)10 Navigation Radar x 2
  • Selex ES RTN-25C Orion Fire Control Radar x 2
  • Selex ES MM/SPN-720 Precision Approach Radar
  • Telephonics AN/SPN-41A Precision Approach and Landing System
  • Selex ES SIR-R/S IFF System
  • TACAN SRN-15 A
  • Leonardo Thesan WASS SNA-2000 Mine Avoidance Sonar
  • Selex ES SASS IRST x 2
  • GEM Elettronica IRST EOSS-100
  • underwater telephone
• Countermeasures:
  • Elettronica Spa NETTUNO-4100 ECM System
  • EW System (RESM/CESM, RECM)
• Armament:
  • 2 x Otobreda 76mm/62-caliber Strales naval guns
  • 4 x 8-cell Sylver A43 VLS (fires Aster 15 SAMs)
  • 3 x Oerlikon Contraves 25mm/80-caliber anti-aircraft guns
  • 2 x ODLS-H/ODLS OTO Melara decoy launching systems
• Aircraft Carried: 20-30 fixed wing aircraft and helicopters