| Project 775 / Ropucha-I class
The Project 775 Ropucha Large Landing Ship (Bol'shoy
Desatnyy Korabl' - BDK) is a beachable, general-purpose
LST-type design with bow and stern ramps for unloading
vehicles. A slightly smaller successor to the
Alligator class, they were all built in Poland
three distinct production runs.
Large Landing Ship "BDK-64" was built
by Stocznia Polnocna, Gdansk, Poland, commissioned
on 1984. Was renamed and from 1991 to present
moment have name "Tsesar Kunikov".
| Specifications | | Builder: | Stocznia Polnocna, Gdansk, Poland | | Concept: | General-purpose LST-type landing craft, capable of beaching | | Displacement: | 4,080 tons full load | | Speed: | 18 knots | | Dimensions: | 112.5 x 15 x 3.7 meters/369.1 x 49.2 x 12.1 feet | | Propulsion: | 2 dies. turbines; 2 props., 19'200 hp; 6'100 n.m/18 kts | | Crew: | 87 + 11 transients + 150 marines | | Cargo: | 482 tons;
95 x 4.5 x 4.5 meter/311.7 x 14.8 x 14.8 foot tank deck | | Radar: | MR-302 Rubka/Strut Curve air/surf. search | | Missiles: | 4 x 8 Strela (SS-N-3)
2 122 mm UMS-73 Grad-M bombardment RL | | Guns: |
2x2 AK-725 DP (2
x 57 mm) |
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