MTP96-class landing craft

The MTP96 class is a series of Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel used by the Italian Navy and Italian Army.^[1]

Class overview
Name	MTP96 class
Builders	Studioplast, Casale sul Sile (Venezia) and various shipyards
Operators	Italian Navy  Italian Army
In service	1996
General characteristics
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 nmi (190 km; 120 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	3

History

Twenty of these crafts are operated aboard the three San Giorgio-class ships and used by the San Marco Marine Brigade at Brindisi Naval Station homeport. A few others are used by 1st Lagunari Regiment "Serenissima" of the Italian Army in the Venice lagoon.

Landing craft

Name	Pennant number	Hull number	Launched	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]
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