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AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

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.

 

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