MTP96-class LCVP

Class overview

Name	MTP96
Builders	Studioplast, Casale sul Sile (Venezia) and various shipyards
Operators	Italian Navy Italian Army
In service	1996
General characteristics
Class and type	MTP96
Type	Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel
Displacement	- 14 t (14 long tons) full load - 8.5 t (8.4 long tons) light
Length	13.1 m (43 ft 0 in) LOA
Beam	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) over all
Draft	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Depth	0.7 m (2 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	- Waterjet - 2 x Castoldi Jet Turbodrive 282 - 2 x diesel engines, 515 kW (691 bhp)
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h) loaded 27 knots (50 km/h) light
Range	100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	3

The MTP96 is a Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel used by the Marina Militare and Esercito Italiano.^[1]

History

Twenty of these crafts are on board the three San Marco class LPD ships and used by Brigata Marina San Marco to Brindisi Naval Station homeport. A few others are used by 1st Lagunari Regiment Serenissima of Esercito Italiano into Venezia lagoon.

Landing craft

Name	Pennant number	Commissioned	Notes
Italian Navy - MTP96 class
<i>MTP96</i>	MDN94
<i>MTP96</i>	MDN95
<i>MTP96</i>	MDN96
<i>MTP97</i>	MDN97		^[2]
<i>MTP96</i>	MDN98
<i>MTP96</i>	MDN99		^[3]
<i>MTP96</i>	MDN100
<i>MTP96</i>	MDN101
<i>MTP96</i>	MDN102
<i>MTP96</i>	MDN103
<i>MTP96</i>	MDN104
<i>MTP96</i>	MDN108
<i>MTP96</i>	MDN109
<i>MTP96</i>	MDN114
<i>MTP96</i>	MDN115
<i>MTP96</i>	MDN116		^[4]
<i>MTP96</i>	MDN117
<i>MTP96</i>	MDN118
<i>MTP96</i>	MDN119
<i>MTP96</i>	MDN120		^[5]
Italian Army - MTP96 class
<i>MTP96</i>	287	2002	^[6]
<i>MTP96</i>
<i>MTP96</i>
<i>MTP96</i>

References

External links

Ships Marina Militare website

v t e Ship classes of the Italian Navy
Aircraft carriers	Cavour^S Giuseppe Garibaldi^S
Amphibious ships	San Giorgio class LCM62 class MTM217 class MTP96 class
Destroyers	Nicoloso da Recco (Navigatori class)^C Grecale (Maestrale class)^C Granatiere (Soldati class)^C Artigliere class (Benson/Gleaves class)^X Fante class (Fletcher class)^X San Giorgio class Impetuoso class Impavido class Audace class Durand de la Penne class
Frigates	Aldebaran class (Cannon class)^X Centauro class Bergamini class Alpino class Lupo class Maestrale class Soldati class Orizzonte class Bergamini class
Corvettes	<i>Antilope</i> class Gabbiano class^C <i>Alabarda</i>^S Albatros class <i>Sentinella</i>^S <i>Pietro De Cristofaro</i> class Minerva class
Patrol boats	Comandanti class Cassiopea class Sirio class Esploratore class Thaon di Revel class
Submarines	<i>Enrico Tazzoli</i> class (Gato class)^X <i>Evangelista Torricelli</i> class (Balao class)^X Gianfranco Gazzana-Priaroggia class (Tench class)^X <i>Livio Piomarta</i> class (Tang class)^X <i>Marconi</i> class Toti class Sauro class Todaro (Type 212)^X SRV-300^S
Minesweepers	Gaeta class Lerici class
Auxiliary ships	Etna class Stromboli class Anteo^S Marino class Elettra^S Alliance^S Leonardo^S Ammiraglio Magnaghi^S Ninfe class Rossetti class Simeto class Bormida^S Panarea class Gorgona class Ponza class GGS 1012 class Atlante class Ciclope class RP 101 class RP 113 class RP 118 class Ercole^S Porto class Cheradi^S Argo^S
Training ships	Amerigo Vespucci Palinuro Italia Orsa Maggiore Caroly Capricia Stella Polare Corsaro II
Floating dry docks	GO 59 GO 58 GO 55 GO 52 GO 22 GO 20 GO 11
Future ships	LHD Trieste PPA LSS Vulcano Cabrini class (UNPAV) USSP UIOM DDX
S Single ship of class C Served in World War II X Imported

This page was last edited on 15 May 2022, at 17:56

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