DK-251 1956
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| ÄÊ-251 [DK-251], 1963- ÌÄÊ-251 [MDK-251] | 1 | 870 Yd, Vyborg | 21.9.1954 | 4.11.1955 | 25.8.1956 | stricken 1980s-1990s | |
| ÄÊ-252 [DK-252], 1963- ÌÄÊ-252 [MDK-252] | 2 | 870 Yd, Vyborg | 23.9.1955 | 29.8.1956 | 26.12.1956 | stricken 1980s-1990s | |
| ÄÊ-253 [DK-253], 1963- ÌÄÊ-253 [MDK-253] | 3 | 870 Yd, Vyborg | 25.12.1955 | 27.10.1956 | 30.12.1956 | wrecked 2.1972 | |
| ÄÊ-15 [DK-15], 1963- ÌÄÊ-15 [MDK-15] | 4 | 870 Yd, Vyborg | 6.6.1956 | 15.6.1957 | 31.10.1957 | stricken 1980s-1990s | |
| ÄÊ-16 [DK-16], 1963- ÌÄÊ-16 [MDK-16] | 5 | 870 Yd, Vyborg | 27.8.1956 | 12.9.1957 | 24.11.1957 | stricken 1980s-1990s | |
| ÄÊ-43 [DK-43], 1963- ÌÄÊ-43 [MDK-43] | 6 | 870 Yd, Vyborg | 26.11.1956 | 6.11.1957 | 27.12.1957 | stricken 1980s-1990s |
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Displacement standard, t |
346 |
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Displacement normal, t |
494 |
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Length, m |
57.2 |
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Breadth, m |
7.68 |
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Draught, m |
2.20 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 9DM diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
2200 |
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Max speed, kts |
15.1 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
2400(15) |
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Armament |
3 x 2 - 25/112 2M-3 |
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Military load |
5 AFV or 162 troops |
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Complement |
51 |
Project history: There were minor utility landing craft comparable to the US LCU, but derived from the wartime German MFP-D. Project 189 differed in having a small cargo hold forward of the bridge, served by a crane.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: MDK-253 ran aground in February 1972 during a storm off Koroviy Cape (Rybachiy Peninsula). Later one ship was converted to cable vessel KS-9, one became combat dolphins carrier OS-243.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015