Italian ship San Giusto

San Giusto (L9894) is a San Giorgio-class amphibious transport dock of the Italian Navy. The ship was built by Fincantieri-Cantieri Navali SpA at Riva Trigoso, laid down on 19 August 1991, and launched 23 October 1993.

It's command and control capabilities are supported by communications & antennas devices, as: - 1 x Selex ES TSN101/X, SHF Naval Satellite Terminal - 2 x Selex ES SHF Naval Satellite Terminal TN - 1 x Selex ES tri-band satellite antenna - 2 x SITEPItalia UHF Milsatcom OE-187(V) System - 1 x SITEPItalia Automatic VSAT Tracking System (CommSat) - 1 x SITEPItalia Satellite TV Terminal OE-271(V)

Operations

 * 1997: ALBA-NEO operation, to support Albanian people
 * 1999/2000: the ship was deployed to East Timor as part of the Australian-led INTERFET peacekeeping taskforce from 26 October 1999 to 15 February 2000.
 * 2003: ANTICA BABILONIA/IRAQI FREEDOM, support to Italian and coalition forces in Iraq
 * June 2005: San Giusto was the flagship of Admiral Jonathon Band RN, during "Exercise Sorbet Royal", a NATO exercise in which ships from ten countries, carried out simulated rescues from submerged submarines.
 * 2008: DEEP BLUE/LONG KNIFE international exercise
 * 2009: LOYAL MARINER 09 international exercise
 * 2011: UNIFIED PROTECTOR operation, to support Libya coalition campaign
 * 2012: flagship of Task Force Atalanta in Indian Ocean for anti-piracy rules
 * 2014: Mare Nostrum operations to rescue refugees in Mediterranean Sea.