D-501 landing craft (project 1785) (1962 - 1974)
D-501 1970
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Names |
more than 100 craft: Ä-134-136 [D-134-136] Ä-151-153 [D-151-153] Ä-160 [D-160] Ä-171 [D-171] Ä-231 [D-231] Ä-319 [D-319] Ä-332 [D-332] Ä-343 [D-343] Ä-403 [D-403] Ä-445 [D-445] Ä-455 [D-455] Ä-512 [D-512] Ä-514 [D-514] Ä-516 [D-516] Ä-530 [D-530] Ä-534 [D-534] Ä-536 [D-536] Ä-537 [D-537] Ä-539-541 [D-539-541] Ä-553 [D-553] Ä-572 [D-572] Ä-577 [D-577] Ä-579 [D-579] Ä-580 [D-580] Ä-596 [D-596] Ä-600 [D-600] Ä-601 [D-601] Ä-603 [D-603] Ä-642 [D-642] and others |
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Builders |
Azov SY, Taganrog Kama, Perm' Tallin SY Krasnye Barrikady, Astrakhan' More, Feodosiya Khabarovsk SY |
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Commissioned |
1962 - 1974: ]100 craft |
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Losses |
unknown |
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Transfers |
Algeria (1): Angola (5): 1976- 5 Azerbaijan (1): 1992- D-603 (D437) Campuchia (3): 1985- 3 Cuba (7): 1967-1974- 7 Ethiopia (6): 1975- 2, 1979- 1, 1981- 1, 1984- 2 Guinea (30): 1974- 30 Guinea-Bissau (4): 1975- 2, 1979- 2 Somalia (4): 1968-1969- 4 Ukraine (1): 1997- D-455 (Tarpan) Vietnam (27): 1979- 27 North Yemen (2): 1971- 2 South Yemen (5): 1970- 3, 1981- 2 |
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Discarding |
19780s-1990s: mostly all (last were stricken late 2010s) |
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Displacement standard, t |
39 |
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Displacement normal, t |
80 |
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Length, m |
19.7 |
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Breadth, m |
4.91 |
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Draught, m |
1.36 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 3D6 diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
300 |
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Max speed, kts |
7.8 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
290(7.8) |
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Armament |
none |
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Military load |
1 MBT or 20 troops |
| Electronic equipment | radar (on some) |
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Complement |
4 |
Project history: Equivalent to the US LCM, but larger and more seaworthy. Development of Projects 306 and T-4.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Project 1785 1996
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