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 Designation: CVL Length: 800 ft Width: 128 ft Beam: 108 ft Displacement: 26,000 tons Propulsion: 4 LM2500 gas turbines (COGAG), 2 shafts Speed: 28 knots Crew: 1,210 Airwing: 20 VSTOL, rotary - 32 VLS Aster SAM - 3 X 25mm OtaBreda CIWS - 2 X 76mm guns Elevators: 2 Ships in class: 1 MM Cavour C550MM Cavour (C550) is the next generation Italian VSTOL aircraft carrier. Construction began in 2001 and the Cavour was launched from the Riva Trigoso shipyard in Genoa on July 20, 2004. She was commissioned in March of 2008. The ship is designed to combine VSTOL and helicopter air operations, amphibious operations, and the transport of military or civil personnel and heavy vehicles. She will have extensive command and control facilities and will take over as the flagship for the Italian Navy from the carrier, MM Garibaldi C551, which currently holds that distinction. The hanger can double as vehicle parking, fitting up to 24 tanks or many more lighter vehicles. The hangar has side access ramps for ROR operations as as well as two elevators to the flight deck. Cavour has been named after the Italian politician Count Camillo Benso di Cavour. |
          
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