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SOVIET/RUSSIAN NAVY (USSR/RUSSIA)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

SDK-81 medium landing ships (project 771) (1967 - 1968)

SDK-107 medium landing ships (project 771A) (1969 - 1970)

SDK-107 1970

SDK-107 1979

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Project 771
ÑÄÊ-81 [SDK-81], 1992- ÌÄÊ-81 [MDK-81]   771/1 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 2.1.1966 17.9.1966 15.6.1967 stricken 1996
ÑÄÊ-84 [SDK-84]   771/2 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 1.4.1966 18.1.1967 30.6.1967 wrecked 4.8.1977
ÑÄÊ-87 [SDK-87], 1992- ÌÄÊ-87 [MDK-87]   771/3 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 14.4.1966 31.10.1966 28.7.1967 stricken 6.1993
ÑÄÊ-89 [SDK-89]   771/4 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 9.5.1966 28.2.1967 26.8.1967 test vessel OS-246 1978
ÑÄÊ-82 [SDK-82]   771/5 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 18.5.1966 25.3.1967 31.8.1967 to Cuba 9.1982 (690)
ÑÄÊ-96 [SDK-96], 1992- ÌÄÊ-96 [MDK-96]   771/6 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 24.6.1966 10.4.1967 30.9.1967 stricken 6.1993
ÑÄÊ-99 [SDK-99], 1992- ÌÄÊ-99 [MDK-99]   771/7 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 1.9.1966 15.5.1967 25.10.1967 stricken 7.1994
ÑÄÊ-102 [SDK-102], 1992- ÌÄÊ-102 [MDK-102]   771/11 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 12.11.1966 11.9.1967 25.1.1968 stricken 3.1992
ÑÄÊ-106 [SDK-106]   771/12 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 2.1.1967 30.10.1967 26.3.1968 stricken 1976-1983
ÑÄÊ-177 [SDK-177]   771/13 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 7.3.1967 27.11.1967 30.4.1968 stricken 1976-1983
ÑÄÊ-178 [SDK-178]   771/14 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 13.3.1967 22.12.1967 31.5.1968 to Angola 1979 (12)
ÑÄÊ-171 [SDK-171]   771/15 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 1.6.1967 21.2.1968 30.6.1968 stricken 1976-1983
ÑÄÊ-172 [SDK-172], 1992- ÌÄÊ-172 [MDK-172]   771/16 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 1.6.1967 14.9.1968 10.5.1968 stricken 3.1992
Project 771A
ÑÄÊ-107 [SDK-107], 1992- ÌÄÊ-107 [MDK-107]   771A/20 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 16.2.1968 22.10.1968 28.2.1969 to Azerbaijan 7.1992 (D433)
ÑÄÊ-108 [SDK-108], 1992- ÌÄÊ-108 [MDK-108]   771A/21 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 17.6.1968 28.2.1969 30.6.1969 stricken 8.1995
ÑÄÊ-109 [SDK-109]   771A/22 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 20.7.1968 26.3.1969 31.7.1969 to Cuba 12.1982 (691)
ÑÄÊ-110 [SDK-110], 1992- ÌÄÊ-110 [MDK-110]   771A/23 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 1.8.1968 28.4.1969 31.8.1969 stricken 1976-1983
ÑÄÊ-111 [SDK-111], 1992- ÌÄÊ-111 [MDK-111]   771A/24 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 23.9.1968 30.5.1969 30.9.1969 stricken 6.1993
ÑÄÊ-112 [SDK-112]   771A/25 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 4.11.1968 28.6.1969 31.10.1969 to Vietnam 1.1980 (HQ512)
ÑÄÊ-71 [SDK-71]   771A/28 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 18.5.1969 15.11.1969 25.3.1970 to Vietnam 5.1979 (HQ511)
ÑÄÊ-73 [SDK-73], 1992- ÌÄÊ-73 [MDK-73]   771A/29 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 16.6.1969 22.12.1969 22.4.1970 stricken 7.1994
ÑÄÊ-74 [SDK-74]   771A/30 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 11.7.1969 31.1.1970 30.5.1970 to Vietnam 4.1980 (HQ513)
ÑÄÊ-76 [SDK-76], 1992- ÌÄÊ-76 [MDK-76]   771A/31 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 10.11.1969 29.4.1970 27.8.1970 cargo carrier 6.1993
ÑÄÊ-79 [SDK-79], 1992- ÌÄÊ-79 [MDK-79]   771A/32 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 25.11.1969 12.6.1970 12.10.1970 stricken 6.1993
ÑÄÊ-80 [SDK-80]   771A/33 Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland 16.1.1970 11.8.1970 30.11.1970 stricken 1976-1983

Transfers:

Algeria (1): 8.1976- 1 pr. 771/A

Angola (3): 12.1977 - 1 pr. 771/A, 2-12/1979 - 2 pr. 771/A

Ethiopia (2): 11.1981 - 1 pr. 771/A, 1.1983 - 1 pr. 771/A

Displacement standard, t

pr. 771: 795

pr. 771A: 805

Displacement normal, t

pr. 771: 847

pr. 771A: 857

Length, m

75.2

Breadth, m

9.02

Draught, m

pr. 771: 2.06

pr. 771A: 2.07

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 40DM diesels

Power, h. p.

4400

Max speed, kts

18.4

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

2000(16)

Armament

pr. 771: 1 x 2 - 30/71 AK-230, 2 x 18 - 140 WM-18 RL

pr. 771A: 2 x 2 - 30/71 AK-230, 2 x 18 - 140 WM-18 RL

Military load

6 medium tanks or 10 trucks, 204 troops

Electronic equipment

Donets-2, MR-104 Rys' radars

Complement

37

Project history: The decision to provide rockets aboard the landing ship for close-in support would seem to be a major shift in Soviet doctrine. It is possible that the earlier craft were intended for unopposed landings, merely moving tanks more expeditiously than would be possible by land. Note, too, that the Project 770/771/773 was the first Soviet amphibious ship apparently designed for troop carrying. In 1992 all survived ships were reclassified from SDK (medium landing ship) to MDK (small landing ship).

Modernizations: 1970, SDK-99 and 2 others: + mine clearing line charge

1970s, SDK-71, 73, 79, 82, 96, 108, 109: + 4 x 4 Strela-2M or Strela-3M SAM (32 9M32M)

Naval service: SDK-84 ran aground 4.8.1977 in Zorkaya Bight (Kuril Islands), wrecked and later demolished by explosive charges.

Pr. 771A 1974

© Ivan Gogin, 2015