CHAMO medium landing ships (1968/1981-1983)
Chamo 1985
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
ቻሞ [Chamo] (ex-СДК-... [SDK-...]) | LTC1037 | Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland | 1968 // 9.11.1981 | interned by Djibouti 1993, seized by Djibouti 16.9.1996, BU | |||
ደንደን [Denden] (ex-СДК-... [SDK-...]) | LTC1038 | Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland | 1968 // 8.1.1983 | interned by Djibouti 1993, seized by Djibouti 16.9.1996, BU |
Displacement standard, t |
795 |
Displacement normal, t |
847 |
Length, m |
75.2 |
Breadth, m |
9.02 |
Draught, m |
2.06 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 40DM diesels |
Power, h. p. |
4400 |
Max speed, kts |
18.4 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
2000(16) |
Armament |
4 x 4 Strela-2M or Strela-3M SAM (32 9M32M), 1 x 2 - 30/71 AK-230, 2 x 18 - 140 WM-18 RL |
Military load |
6 medium tanks or 10 trucks, 204 troops |
Electronic equipment |
Donets-2, MR-104 Rys' radars |
Complement |
37 |
Project history: Former Soviet medium landing ships of project 770.
Modernizations: None
.Naval service: Both ships were seized by Djibouti, transferred to Eritrea and soon scrapped.
© Ivan Gogin, 2019