ITS Etna - A5326



Name: Etna
Ordered: 3 January 1995
Builder: Italcantieri - Cantieri Navali del Tirreno e Riuniti, Riva Trigoso
Laid down: 4 July 1995
Launched: 12 July 1997
Commissioned: 29 August 1998
Identification:
General characteristics
Class and type: Etna-class replenishment oiler
Displacement: 13,400 tons
Length: 146 m (479 ft)
Beam: 21 m (69 ft)
Draft: 7.5 m (25 ft)
Propulsion: Two diesel engines driving twin screws
Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range: 7,600 nmi (14,100 km; 8,700 mi) at a speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Sensors and
processing systems:
1 x Selex ES RASS radar; 2 x GEM Elettronica navigation radars, I band (SPN-753 and SPN-754)
Armament: 2 x OTO Melara KBA 25/80 mm
Aircraft carried: 1 helicopter
Aviation facilities: flight deck 28 x 21 m; hangar for 1 x AW-101 class helicopters

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