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Brian James
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ITS Cavour

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ITS Cavour pictured at Taranto,October 12th 2015.
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A very interesting "small" carrier design; given her size she would have been a Fleet carrier in WW 2!!!

Specs (Wiki):

Displacement: 27,100 metric tons (26,700 long tons)[2] (30,000 MT full load)[3]
Length: - 244 m (800 ft 6 in) LOA[4]
Beam: - 29.1 m (95 ft 6 in)
- 39 m (127 ft 11 in) moulded breadth

Draught: 8.7 m (28 ft 7 in)
Propulsion: - COGAG scheme
- 2 x shafts
- 4 × General Electric/Avio LM2500+ gas turbines providing 88.000 kW (118.010 bhp)
- 6 × diesel generators Wärtsila CW 12V200 13.200 kW (17.701 bhp)

Speed: +29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) (Max sustained speed, 85% MCR)

For comparison, Italy's incomplete WW2 CV conversion, the AQUILA was.......

Displacement: 23,500 long tons (23,900 t) (standard)
27,800 long tons (28,200 t) (full load)

Length: 235.5 m (772 ft 8 in)
Beam: 30 m (98 ft 5 in)
Draft: 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in)
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ITS Cavour pictured under refit at Arsenale Taranto,to enable her to carry the F35....July 2019.
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No doubt L-M will be ever so happy....more BONU$s.

Also, a nice beam pic (1 Apr 19) starting work for the F-35B mods.........DFO
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From a few days ago:


"Italy’s Cavour aircraft carrier starts F-35B modification work

The Italian Navy « Cavour » aircraft carrier yesterday entered the « Edgardo Ferrati » basin at the Maritime Military Arsenal in Taranto, the Italian MoD stated.

Nathan Gain  23 Jul 2019


The maneuver represents a turning point in the maintenance and adaptation work that will, after ten years of active service, allow the ship to adapt to the standards for the F-35B fighter jet which will replace the current fleet of AV-8B Harrier II SVTOL aircraft.


Since WW2, the Cavour, with its 27,000 tons, is the largest ship to enter the « Edgardo Ferrati » dry dock. The delicate maneuver, from the entry phase to the emptying and positioning of the ship, lasted about 17 hours and involved not only the Cavour crew, but also the civilian and military personnel of the Maritime Military Arsenal.


The maneuver started at 06.00 and was conducted in two stages: a first phase, during the morning, during which the aircraft carrier moved to enter the basin, and a second phase, managed by the staff of the Arsenal, for emptying the basin and precision positioning on the notches. Divers of the S.D.A.I (Sminazione Difesa Antimezzi Insidiosi) of the COMSUBIN elite force also contributed to the safety of the ship.


In the coming months, some of the most important technical interventions will be carried out on board the aircraft, including the careening and metallization of the flight deck, necessary to limit the thermodynamic impacts when the F-35B will take off and land.


In the spring of 2020, the Cavour aircraft carrier will face a preparatory training period for the next departure for the United States in the summer of the same year, where it will conduct some tests with the F-35B aircraft on board. These activities will represent the first important steps for achieving the Initial Operational Capacity of the aircraft carrier with its renewed Italian Navy Aviation capability.





The Cavour upgrade phase started a month after the second Italian Navy’s F35B – individual registration code 4-02 – took off from the Cameri (Novara) Final Assembly and Check Out plant FACO to make its flight to the United States. The aircraft final destination is MCAS Beaufort, in South Carolina, where the aircraft will join the first F-35B (4-01) in supporting the training of the F-35B Italian pilots and technicians.


The third F-35B – already at an advanced stage of assembly at Cameri – will be transferred as well to MCAS Beaufort in support of the training of the Italian F-35B personnel. The first acceptance flights have been scheduled to be performed in late summer and delivered in autumn. The initial training programme of the Italian personnel in the US will include, starting from July, approximately 18 months of flight and aircraft maintenance activities with Marine support staff. The Italian Navy ordered a total of 15 F-35B fighter jets. The Italian Air Force has the same amount on order (in addition to about 60 F-35A models)."

Good luck with tho$e expen$ive F-35B$........... DFO
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Aerial view of CAVOUR entering Taranto ship canal; snug fit.......DFO
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Three nice views of cvl CAVOUR........ :) DFO
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ITS Cavour pictured departing the Mar Piccolo at Taranto earlier this morning, after having almost completed the refit works to be able to operate F-35Bs, and heading towards the Naval Station in the Mar Grande.
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Here are 3 shots taken of her "exit"........snug! ;) DFO
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The Italian aircraft carrier has left the Arsenal at Taranto after modernization works and is almost ready for her next chapter: F-35B integration tests.
Early in the morning on May 6, 2020, the Italian Navy Cavour aircraft carrier left the Arsenale Militare Marittimo (Maritime Military Arsenal) of Taranto, Italy.

The 27,000-ton ship had entered the Arsenal in December 2018. On Jul. 6, 2019, the ship entered the Arsenal’s “Edgardo Ferrati” drydock to start the maintenance and modernization works required to accommodate and operate the F-35B Lightning II aircraft: it was the largest ship to enter the drydock since WWII. The aircraft carrier left the drydock in November 2019, after completing the careening works started on Jul. 20, 2019, but remained in the basin for the works required to integrate the new stealth jet: part of the works focused on the flight deck to prepare it to the severe thermo-mechanical impact of the F-35’s engine exhaust plumes on the non-skid surface and structure of ship.

The Cavour has left the Arsenal after about 90 percent of the overhaul activities have been completed: the rest of the “restyling” will be carried out in the “Mar Grande” naval station. The Arsenal is located in the Mar Piccolo Basin, an inner, semi-enclosed basin with lagoon features divided by two rocky promontories into two inlets, called First Inlet (Primo Seno) and Second Inlet (Secondo Seno). The ship-yard of the Italian Navy with its dry-docks is located in the First Inlet of the Basin. The Mar Piccolo is connected to the Mar Grande through two channels, one of those is the Navigabile channel that ships use to enter or exit the Arsenal.

The pass through the Navigabile channel was filmed by several people who shared some really awesome clips across social media. Among all the footage available, the videos below, we received from Raffaele Fusilli, are particularly interesting as they give a clear idea of the size of the ship as she crosses the tight canal:

Continues with photos and video at:
https://theaviationist.com/2020/05/07/w ... 5-cCNhnZ30
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