PPA #2 "Francesco Morosini" and interviewed the CO 🇮🇹. The ship is very impressive with its next generation and avant-garde features.
Diesel-powered with a top speed of around 20 knots and 7,000 nautical mile autonomy, the new vessels will be around 160 meters long and 29 meters wide with room for 200 crew and a 300-strong landing force.“They will be called ‘LXD’s with the X standing for ‘whatever’ because we don’t want to limit the role they fill,” said Tomassetti.The design, similar to the Dutch Rotterdam class, means less room on the flight deck for transporting material and vehicles, but more room below deck in the garage and dock for vehicles – up to around 70 tonnes in total – with space for around 480 meters of vehicles lined up,
The first Light+ PPA has been delivered to the @ItalianNavy. Note the R-ECM, the 16-cell Sylver A50 VLS and the KRONOS Quad C-band MFR.
