History | |
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Italy | |
Name | USSP |
Namesake | Unità Supporto Subacqueo Polivalente - Multipurpose submarine rescue vessel |
Builder | Fincantieri |
Cost | planned for € (EUR) 434 million [1] |
Status | Financed with 2017's balance law |
General characteristics | |
Type | Submarine rescue ship |
Displacement | 10.500 t (10.334 long tons) full load [2] |
Length | |
Beam | 23 m (75 ft 6 in) |
Depth | 9 m (29 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) to 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Endurance | 30 days |
Complement |
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Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | EW system |
Armament |
|
Notes |
|
USSP is a planned
Submarine rescue ship of the
Marina Militare, financed with 2017's balance law.
[3]
It is expected to replace
Italian ship Anteo (A 5309).
USSP will be a multipurpose ship, thought to accomplish different missions: [4]
USSP program beginning on 2010 when parliamentary defence commission approved the act "
Programma pluriennale di A/R n. SMD 02/2010, relativo all'acquisizione di un'unità navale di supporto subacqueo polivalente di ARS/NAI" (Multi-year program for multi-purpose Submarine support naval unit).
ARS/NAI vessel was fitted for a cost of € (EUR) 125 million, then updated to 300 and, finally, to 434 million Euros.
In June 2021 the contract was awarded to the Mariotti shipyard in Genoa. [5]
History | |
---|---|
Italy | |
Name | USSP |
Namesake | Unità Supporto Subacqueo Polivalente - Multipurpose submarine rescue vessel |
Builder | Fincantieri |
Cost | planned for € (EUR) 434 million [1] |
Status | Financed with 2017's balance law |
General characteristics | |
Type | Submarine rescue ship |
Displacement | 10.500 t (10.334 long tons) full load [2] |
Length | |
Beam | 23 m (75 ft 6 in) |
Depth | 9 m (29 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion |
|
Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) to 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Endurance | 30 days |
Complement |
|
Sensors and processing systems |
|
Electronic warfare & decoys | EW system |
Armament |
|
Notes |
|
USSP is a planned
Submarine rescue ship of the
Marina Militare, financed with 2017's balance law.
[3]
It is expected to replace
Italian ship Anteo (A 5309).
USSP will be a multipurpose ship, thought to accomplish different missions: [4]
USSP program beginning on 2010 when parliamentary defence commission approved the act "
Programma pluriennale di A/R n. SMD 02/2010, relativo all'acquisizione di un'unità navale di supporto subacqueo polivalente di ARS/NAI" (Multi-year program for multi-purpose Submarine support naval unit).
ARS/NAI vessel was fitted for a cost of € (EUR) 125 million, then updated to 300 and, finally, to 434 million Euros.
In June 2021 the contract was awarded to the Mariotti shipyard in Genoa. [5]