Project 12061

Project 12061

12061E

Ship data country  Soviet Union Russia South Korea     Ship type Landing craft Shipyard Khabarovsk Construction period 1985 to 2006 Units built 8 (project 12061) 3 (project 12601E) period of service 1985 to -

Ship dimensions and crew length 31.3 m ( Lüa ) width 14.8 m Draft Max. 1.5 m displacement 148 t   crew 11

Machine system machine 2 × MT-70 gas turbines Machine performance 2 × 10,000 PS (7,457) kW Top speed 55 kn (102 km / h) propeller 2 drive propellers, 2 lift propellers

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers 130 soldiers Vehicle capacity optional: 2 × BTR-60 or similar 2 × BMP-2 or similar Car

Armament 2 × 1 AK-306 30mm turret Sensors Lazur navigation radar MR-244-1 radar

Project 12061 , with the code name "Murena" (Russian "Мурена"; NATO designation: Tsaplya class ) is a class of air cushion - landing craft of the Soviet Navy , which in the Cold War as an enlarged version of Project 1206 was developed.

construction

Project 12061E, 2012, the inlet for the lifting propeller on port can be seen next to the bridge structure.

Project 12061, like the previous class, has a continuous transport deck that extends almost the entire length of the ship, along the central longitudinal axis, and can also be entered or exited with vehicles via a wide bow ramp. The lifting propellers are mounted in the center of the vehicle on the port and starboard sides; two propellers with downstream rudders are installed aft on the roof of the superstructure for forward movement .

On top of the superstructure, in the middle of the vehicle, there is a large bridge structure in Project 12061, which extends over two floors. Two small towers with AK-306 30 mm automatic cannons are installed on the weather deck in front of the steering position , one each on port and starboard.

units

Eight vehicles from Project 12601 and three boats from Project 12601E were built by the Khabarovsk shipyard between 1985 and 2006. The vehicles were given numbers rather than names and the prefix “D” (Russian “д”).

The three Murena-E units were later handed over to South Korea as part of a compensation deal in 2006 , in order to be exchanged for other armaments there for a reduction in the Russian Federation's debts to South Korea. There they are operated as the Solgae 621 class.

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

• Project 12061 at russianships.info (English)

Footnotes

1. ↑ The alias was also used for the submarine type Project 667B .

1. ↑ Uk Heo and Terence Roehrig: South Korea's Rise: Economic Development, Power and Foreign Relations , 2014, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 1-1076-9053-6 , p. 77
2. ↑ "Air cushion landing craft Project 12061 Murena, Project 12061E Murena-E on russianships.info