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AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

TDK-8 medium landing ships (project 188) (1958 - 1960)

TDK-8 1958

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
ÒÄÊ-8 [TDK-8], 1963- ÑÄÊ-8 [SDK-8]   701 870 Yd, Vyborg 2.4.1957 28.9.1958 31.12.1958 TS Kursant, merchant vessel 1978
ÒÄÊ-9 [TDK-9], 1963- ÑÄÊ-9 [SDK-9]   702 870 Yd, Vyborg 27.1.1958 29.4.1959 31.10.1959 test vessel OS-323 late 1970s, stricken 1981
ÒÄÊ-11 [TDK-11], 1963- ÑÄÊ-11 [SDK-11]   703 870 Yd, Vyborg 19.6.1958 20.8.1959 26.12.1959 test vessel OS-79 1976
ÒÄÊ-12 [TDK-12], 1963- ÑÄÊ-12 [SDK-12]   704 870 Yd, Vyborg 8.10.1958 15.10.1959 31.12.1959 wrecked 2.1972
ÒÄÊ-14 [TDK-14], 1963- ÑÄÊ-14 [SDK-14]   705 870 Yd, Vyborg 19.2.1959 29.4.1960 31.7.1960 test vessel OS-234 late 1970s

 

Displacement standard, t

1020

Displacement normal, t

1460

Length, m

74.6

Breadth, m

11.3

Draught, m

2.43

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 37DR diesels

Power, h. p.

4000

Max speed, kts

14.2

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 2100(14.2)

Armament

2 x 2 - 57/75 ZIF-31B

Military load

(3 heavy or 5 medium tanks or 10 armoured vehicles, 82 troops) or 347 troops

Electronic equipment Neptun radar, BOKA torpedo decoy

Complement

66

Project history: Specially designed and built medium tank landing ships.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: SDK-12 wrecked in February 1972 in Belushya Guba (Novaya Zemlya) and was broken up in situ.

Project 188 1970

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