MTP96-class landing craft

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
MTP96	MDN94
MTP96	MDN95
MTP96	MDN96
MTP97	MDN97		^[2]
MTP96	MDN98
MTP96	MDN99		^[3]
MTP96	MDN100
MTP96	MDN101
MTP96	MDN102
MTP96	MDN103
MTP96	MDN104
MTP96	MDN108
MTP96	MDN109
MTP96	MDN114
MTP96	MDN115
MTP96	MDN116		^[4]
MTP96	MDN117
MTP96	MDN118
MTP96	MDN119
MTP96	MDN120		^[5]
Italian Army - MTP96 class
MTP96	287	2002	^[6]
MTP96
MTP96
MTP96

References

[1] ttp://www.marina.difesa.it/uominimezzi/navi/Pagine/Mezzidasbarco.aspx

[2] ttp://www.fiammeblu.it/albums/userpics/10002/2008_0921_131632AA.JPG

[3] ttp://www.seaforces.org/spcrep/ITS-San-Marco-L-9893-Trieste-August-2008-Dateien/image085.jpg

[4] ttp://www.fiammeblu.it/albums/userpics/10002/2008_0921_131647AA.JPG

[5] ttp://www.marina.difesa.it/sites/AMC1/SiteCollectionImages/a329ae04-6b8f-4287-8399-bf9e573706b3/06a5ba80-0dd1-4b5e-a4d9-6182766cf702_COT4607_resize.jpg

[6] ttp://www.associazionelagunari.it/images/mtp16.jpg

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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	Antilope class Gabbiano class^C Alabarda^S Albatros class Sentinella^S Pietro De Cristofaro class Minerva class
Patrol boats	Comandanti class Cassiopea class Sirio class Esploratore class Thaon di Revel class
Submarines	Enrico Tazzoli class (Gato class)^X Evangelista Torricelli class (Balao class)^X Gianfranco Gazzana-Priaroggia class (Tench class)^X Livio Piomarta class (Tang class)^X Marconi 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