Etna-class replenishment oiler

ITS Etna (A 5326), Napoli, 2010
Class overview
Name:	Etna
Builders:	Italcantieri - Cantieri Navali del Tirreno e Riuniti, Riva Trigoso
Operators:	Marina Militare  Hellenic Navy
In commission:	1998-2003
Building:	2
Planned:	2
Active:	2
General characteristics
Type:	replenishment oiler
Displacement:	13,400 tons to full load 5,980 tons to empty ship
Length:	146.6 m (481 ft) oa 138.8 m (455 ft) pp
Beam:	21 m (69 ft)
Depth:	7.25 m (23.8 ft)
Propulsion:	2 × shafts with controllable pitch propellers 2 diesel-engines Sulzer 12V-ZAV-40S (2 x 8.640 kW) 1 bow thruster
Speed:	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range:	7,600 nmi (14,100 km; 8,700 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement:	up to 245
Crew:	160
Sensors and processing systems:	Etna: 1 x surface radar Selex ES RASS X band radar 2 x navigation radar GEM Elettronica LD-1825 (I band) (MM/SPN-753 and MM/SPN-754) 1 x SICRAL 1, 1B and 2 satellite communication system other satellite communication systems Prometheus: 1 x Raytheon surface radar AN/SPS-10D (G band)[1] 2 x navigation radar GEM Elettronica LD-1825 (I band)
Electronic warfare & decoys:	Prometheus: AN/SLQ-25 Nixie decoy
Armament:	Etna: 2 x OTO Melara KBA 25/80 mm Machine Guns: 2 x Browning M2HB 12.7 mm Prometheus: 1 x CIWS Vulcan Phalanx Mk 15 Mod.12 20 mm (+1 to be fitted) 4 x Rheinmetall 20 mm Machine Guns: 2 x Browning M2HB 12.7 mm; 6 x 0.30 in (7.6 mm ), 2 x MG-3 7.62 mm
Aviation facilities:	flight deck 28 x 21 m, for SH-90 and AW-101 hangar for 1 x AW-101 helicopter
Notes:	4 x RAS (Replenishment At Sea) Hepburn systems 1 x RAS aft station for the supply of oil

Etna-class replenishment oiler comprised a class of two replenishment oilers used by the Italian Navy^[2] and by the Greek Navy ^[3]

Characteristics

Transport Capacity:

• 5,795 tonnes of NATO F76 diesel fuel
• 1,585 tonnes of NATO F44/JP5 aviation fuel
• 30 tonnes Lubrication oil
• 160 tonnes Fresh water

Other Facilities:

• 30,000 rations of food supplies
• up to 12 ISO1C, 28 tonnes containers
• 20 tonnes Spare parts
• NATO Role 2+ Hospital facilities
• NBC protection
• 1 workshop for helicopter operations aboard helicopter
• 1 machine shop for repairs on the hull and equipment on engines
• 1 electro-mechanical workshop

Cargo transfer system:

• 1 frame with 2 lateral liquid transfer stations
• 1 fuel transfer station astern.

Ships

Ship	Navy	Pennant number	Builder	Shipyard	Hull number	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Motto
Etna	Marina Militare	A 5326	Italcantieri - Cantieri Navali del Tirreno e Riuniti	Riva Trigoso	5957	4 July 1995	12 July 1997	29 July 1998	Tenacemente ovunque
HS Prometheus	Hellenic Navy	A-374	Elefsis Shipyards	Elefsis	520068		19 February 2002	8 July 2003

Prometheus (A-374) at Malaga, 2005

References

Ship classes of the Marina Militare
Aircraft carriers	Cavour Giuseppe Garibaldi Trieste
Amphibious transport docks	San Giorgio
Destroyers and frigates	Andrea Doria Durand de la Penne Bergamini Maestrale Soldati
Corvettes and patrol boats	Comandanti Cassiopea Sirio Minerva Esploratore
Submarines	Todaro Sauro SRV-300
Minesweepers	Gaeta Lerici
Auxiliary ships	Vulcano Etna Stromboli Anteo Marino Elettra Alliance Leonardo Magnaghi Ninfe Rossetti Simeto Bormida Panarea Gorgona Ponza GGS 1012 Atlante Ciclope RP 101 RP 113 RP 118 RP 125 Ercole Porto Cheradi Argo
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