... landing craft (hydrofoil) (project 80) (1968 - 1972)
Names |
26 craft |
Builders |
Oka, Navashino: 26 craft |
Commissioned |
1968 - 1972: 26 craft |
Losses |
unknown |
Transfers |
none |
Discarding |
1980s-1990s: all |
Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement normal, t |
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Length, m |
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Breadth, m |
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Draught, m |
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No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
1 M-50F diesel |
Power, h. p. |
1200 |
Max speed, kts |
31.3 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
189 |
Armament |
none |
Military load |
1 medium tank (on 2 boats) |
Complement |
2 |
Project history: LCM boats built for Board Guard and Navy, successors of A-3. Full number of boats used as landing is unknown (also many boats served as workboats, tugs, cargo carriers etc). Built in Leningrad (5 Yd, 2 T-4 in 1957), Petrozavodsk (T-4), Khabarovsk (T-4, T-4M), Liepaja (29 Yd, T-4M), Tallin (7 Yd, 36 T-4 since 1968), Blagoveshchensk (T-4M).
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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