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SDK-5 medium landing ship (project 572) (1959/1963)

SDK-5 1963

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
ÑÄÊ-5 [SDK-5] (ex-Àðàêñ [Araks])   05 872 Yd, Zhovtnevoye 15.6.1958 1959 30.6.1959 // 1963 stricken 6.1993

 

Displacement standard, t

1400

Displacement normal, t

2033

Length, m

75.4

Breadth, m

11.7

Draught, m

3.55

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 8DR30/50-3 diesels

Power, h. p.

1600

Max speed, kts

12.2

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 2000(11)

Armament

1 x 2 - 57/75 ZIF-31B, 2 x 2 - 25/112 2M-3M

Military load

4 heavy or 5 medium tanks or 225 troops

Electronic equipment Stvor radar

Complement

48

Project history: Military cargo transport, one of series of 7 ships, completed as landing ship.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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