Alligator class

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Project 1171
Nikolai Filchenkow in Sevastopol
Nikolai Filchenkow in Sevastopol
Ship data
country Soviet UnionSoviet Union (naval war flag) Soviet Union Russia
RussiaRussia (naval war flag) 
Ship type Landing ship
Shipyard Kaliningrad
Construction period 1964 to 1974
Units built 14th
Ship dimensions and crew
length
113 m ( Lüa )
width 15.6 m
Draft Max. 4.5 m
displacement Standard: 2905 t
maximum: 4360 t
 
crew 55 men
Machine system
machine 2 × M-58A diesel engines
Machine
performance 		2 × 4,500 PS (3,309 kW )
Top
speed 		16.5 kn (31 km / h)
propeller 2
Armament

optional:

  • 2 × 2 25mm L / 80 2M-3 (Project 1171 IV)
  • 3 × 2 starters for SA-N-5 Strela-2 (Project 1171 II to IV)

Project 1171 , with the code name "Tapir" ( Russian Тапир ; for tapir , NATO designation: Alligator class ), was a class of landing craft of the Soviet Union and its successor states that was developed during the Cold War .

The class was developed in four sub-versions, each of which had small changes to the deck superstructures, the armament and the loading gear .

history

At the end of the 1950s the call for a new landing ship was loud in the Soviet Navy . The Soviet Navy at the time was in the process of arming itself in the wake of the Cold War , and it was recognized that if one wanted to keep up with the West, a new DropShip would have to be developed. This was also necessary in order to do justice to the Soviet military doctrine, which demanded that the provision of military aid must be guaranteed for all allied and friendly states of the Soviet Union. In 1959, Project 1171 was launched. Just seven years later, in 1966, the first ship of the class was put into service.

variants

Nikolai Volkov project 1171 mod. IV, 2014
  • Project 1171 - 2 × M58A marine diesel engines , 2 × 3 starters for Strela-2 , one crane each in front of and behind the bridge structure.
  • Project 1171 mod. I - like 1171 but with 3 × 2 starters for Strela-2 and two cranes in front of and one behind the bridge structure.
  • Project 1171 mod. II - like mod. I but with 2 × M58A-3 diesel engines and only one crane in front of the bridge structure.
  • Project 1171 mod. III - like mod. II but with an additional deck structure at the bow.
  • Project 1171 mod. IV - like mod. III but with 2 × M58A-4 Diesel and 2 × 2 25-mm-L / 80 2M-3 FlaK on the extension aft of the bridge.
  • Project 11711 - the latest variant, which was put into service on June 20, 2018 with the lead ship Iwan Gren

task

Soviet marines with a T-55AMV tank are dropped off in 1987 by Project 1171 Alexander Tortsew on the Dahlak archipelago .

The ships of Project 1171 were designed for large landing operations and also for civilian missions. The load capacity is up to 1750 tons. There is space for up to 13 heavy tanks or 50 armored personnel carriers (BTR) in the hold . During landing operations, in which vehicles and goods are to be deposited on the beach via the bow ramp, the loading capacity is reduced to 600 tons to reduce the draft .

Operational readiness

Of the original 14 ships, four of the class are still in active service in the Russian Navy . BDK-100 sank in 1993 during a tow attempt in the Northern Sea . One unit was sold from Russia to the Ukraine in 1996 and operated there under the name Rivne and used as a civil freighter from 2004. Nine ships were decommissioned between 1992 and 2002.

Some of the ships were involved in landing operations during the Caucasus War in August 2008 . The Saratov (formerly BDK-10 ) was used in 2013 as part of the Black Sea Fleet to land supplies for the Russian military operation in Syria in Tartus during the Syrian Civil War .

literature

  • Ю.В.Апальков: Корабли ВМФ СССР. Том IV - Десантные и минно-тральные корабли. Saint Petersburg, 2007, ISBN 978-5-8172-0135-2 . (Russian)

Web links

Commons : Alligator class  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=3030070
  2. ↑ a b c http://russianships.info/eng/warships/project_1171.htm Project 1171 at russianships.info
  3. ^ "Russian landing ship Saratov going to Syrian port Tartus - source" Interfax of January 10, 2013