Vimy Ridge-class Amphibious Assault Ship
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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).
Specifications[edit | edit source]
- Type: Amphibious Assault Ship (Hull designation symbol LHA)
- Service Period: 2013-
- Characteristics
- Length: 842 feet 6 inches (256.79 meters)
- Beam: 106 feet 7 inches (32.49 meters)
- Draft: 23 feet 10 inches (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
- 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
- Range: 12,500 nautical miles (23,150 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
- Speed: 22.5 Knots (41.67 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- 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: AV-8B Harrier II, F-35B Lightning II, UH-1Y Venom, AH-1Z Viper, AH-2A Rooivalk, CMV-22B Osprey, CH-46F Sea Knight, CH-47F Chinook, CH-53E/K Super/King Stallion, OH-58D Kiowa Warrior, AH-64DE Apache Longbow/Guardian, EC665 Tiger, CH-146 Griffon, CH-148 Cyclone, CH-149 Cormorant, CH-151 Vulcan
Unit Run[edit | edit source]
- HMCS Vimy Ridge (LHA-04)
- HMCS Juno Beach (LHA-05)