Italian ship San Giusto

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Name San Giusto Laid down 19 August 1991 Homeport Brindisi Launched 2 December 1993 Builder Fincantieri		Namesake St. Justus Commissioned 14 April 1994 Construction started 19 August 1991 Length 133 m

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San Giusto (L9894) is a San Giorgio-class amphibious transport dock of the Italian Navy. The ship was built by Fincantieri-Cantieri Navali SpA at Riva Trigoso, laid down on 19 August 1991, and launched 23 October 1993.

It's command and control capabilities are supported by communications & antennas devices, as:
- 1 x Selex ES TSN101/X, SHF Naval Satellite Terminal
- 2 x Selex ES SHF Naval Satellite Terminal TN
- 1 x Selex ES tri-band satellite antenna
- 2 x SITEPItalia UHF Milsatcom OE-187(V) System
- 1 x SITEPItalia Automatic VSAT Tracking System (CommSat)
- 1 x SITEPItalia Satellite TV Terminal OE-271(V)

Operations

1997: ALBA-NEO operation, to support Albanian people

1999/2000: the ship was deployed to East Timor as part of the Australian-led INTERFET peacekeeping taskforce from 26 October 1999 to 15 February 2000.

2003: ANTICA BABILONIA/IRAQI FREEDOM, support to Italian and coalition forces in Iraq

June 2005: San Giusto was the flagship of Admiral Jonathon Band RN, during "Exercise Sorbet Royal", a NATO exercise in which ships from ten countries, carried out simulated rescues from submerged submarines.

2008: DEEP BLUE/LONG KNIFE international exercise

2009: LOYAL MARINER 09 international exercise

2011: UNIFIED PROTECTOR operation, to support Libya coalition campaign

2012: flagship of Task Force Atalanta in Indian Ocean for anti-piracy rules

2014: Mare Nostrum operations to rescue refugees in Mediterranean Sea.

References

Italian ship San Giusto Wikipedia

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