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FINCANTIERI: THE LSS LOGISTIC SUPPORT UNIT “VULCANO” LAUNCHED IN MUGGIANO (23. Juni 2018)
The launching ceremony of the LSS logistic support unit “Vulcano”, took place yesterday at the Muggiano (La Spezia) facility of the Naval Integrated shipyard, in the presence of the Italian Minister of Defence, Elisabetta Trenta, who was welcomed by the CEO of Fincantieri Giuseppe Bono and its Chairman Giampiero Massolo.
The multi-year program for the renewal of the Italian Navy’s fleet foresees the construction, besides the LSS, of one transport and landing unit (LHD or Landing Helicopter Dock) - under construction in this same shipyard with delivery in 2022 - as well as seven Multipurpose Offshore Patrol Ships (PPA), with other three in option. The launch of the first is scheduled in 2019, with delivery in 2021. The following deliveries will take place in 2022, 2023, 2024 (two units), 2025 and 2026.
https://www.fincantieri.com/en/media/pr ... -muggiano/Vessel’s characteristics - LSS – Logistic Support Ship
The LSS is a vessel that provides logistics support to the fleet, endowed with hospital and healthcare capabilities thanks to the presence of a fully equipped hospital, complete with operating rooms, radiology and analysis rooms, a dentist’s office and hospital rooms that will be capable of hosting up to 17 seriously injured patients. The ship combines capacity to transport and transfer to other transport vessels used for liquids (diesel fuel, jet fuel, fresh water) and solids (emergency spare parts, food and ammunitions) and to perform at sea repairs and maintenance work for other vessels. The defense systems are limited to the capacity of command and control in tactical scenarios, communications and dissuasive, non-lethal defense systems. The vessel is also capable of embarking more complex defence systems and becoming an intelligence and electronic war platform.
- 193 meters long
- speed of about 20 knots
- 200 persons including crew and specialists
- 4 replenishment station abeam and 1 astern
- Capacity to supply drinking water to land
- Capacity to provide electricity to land with 2500 kw of power
- Possibility of embarking up to 8 residential and healthcare modules
- Capacity to perform rescues at sea, through recovery and seabed operations (the ship is equipped with an 30 tons offshore stabilized crane stabilized)
- base for rescue operations through helicopters and special vessels
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The number of Patrol Vessels for the Italian Navy rises to 7 (11. November 2015)
https://www.leonardocompany.com/en/pres ... ol-vessels
Fincantieri and Finmeccanica were awarded the contract for one multipurpose amphibious (LHD) for the Italian Navy (1. Juli 2015)
https://www.leonardocompany.com/en/pres ... alian-navy
Fincantieri and Finmeccanica will renew the Italian Navy's fleet (7. Mai 2015)
https://www.leonardocompany.com/en/pres ... itare-navy
Programma per la tutela delle capacità marittime della Difesa
https://www.marina.difesa.it/noi-siamo- ... -2014.aspx
Programma pluriennale di A/R n. SMD 01/2014, relativo al programma navale per la tutela della capacità marittima della Difesa (116)
29 ottobre 2014
https://www.camera.it/leg17/682?atto=11 ... g=17&tab=1
- https://documenti.camera.it/Leg17/Dossi ... DI0200.Pdf
- Programmlaufzeit: 2014-2033
- Komponenten:
- 7 Pattugliatori Polivalenti d'Altura (+ 4 PPA optional)
- 1 Unità d'altura di supporto logistico (Logistic Support Ship - LSS)
- 1 Unità anfibia multiruolo (Landing Helicopter Dock - LHD)
- 2 Unità navali polifunzionali ad altissima velocità
- Geschätzte Kosten: 5,4 Mrd. EUR
Neue Kriegsschiffe für die italienische Marine
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