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SOVIET NAVY (USSR)

COASTAL FORCES

Ya-6 and Ya-6M types motor mortar boats (1943-1944)

Ya-20 1943

Names

Ya-6:

MK-36; MK-37

Ya-6M:

 ß-20 - 24 [Ya-20 - 24], 1.1945- MK-20 - 24

ß-31 [Ya-31], 1.1945- MK-31

Builders

345 Yd, Yaroslavl: MK-36, 37, Ya-20-24, 31

Commissioned

1943: Ya-20 - 24, 31

1944: MK-36, 37

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1947 - 1948: MK-20 - 24, 31, 36, 37

 

Displacement standard, t

19

Displacement full, t

23

Length, m

19.8

Breadth, m

3.40

Draught, m

1.00

No of shafts

1

Machinery

Ya-6 type: 1 Cummings diesel

Ya-6M type: 1 Chrysler petrol engine

Power, h. p.

Ya-6 type: 100

Ya-6M type: 93

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

Ya-6 type: diesel oil 1.2

Ya-6M type: petrol 1.2

Endurance, nm(kts)  
Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/79; 1 x 24 - 82 M-8 RL

Complement

10

Project history: Differed from Ya-5 type by wooden hull and rectangular-shaped deck house. They were equipped with automobile diesel or petrol engine (latter was designated as Ya-6M). There were minesweeper variants (KATShch, KT) or mortar boat (MK).

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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