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AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

D-278 landing craft (air cushion) (project 1209) (1979 - 1980)

Names

Ä-278 [D-278]

Ä-346 [D-346]

Builders

More, Feodosia: D-278, 346

Commissioned

1979: D-278

1980: D-346

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1993: D-346

1994: D-278

 

Displacement standard, t

42

Displacement normal, t

54

Length, m

23.3

Breadth, m

11.8

Draught, m

0.9

No of shafts

2 air propellers

Machinery

1 M-35 gas turbine for lift and propulsion

Power, h. p.

6000

Max speed, kts

60

Fuel, t

gas turbine oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

200(60)

Armament

1 x 2 - 12.7/79, 1 x 1 - 30 BP-30 Plamia grenade launcher

Military load

60 troops or 6 t of cargo

Electronic equipment

radar?

Complement

7

Project history: Small hovercraft.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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