The Ropucha class (Polish for Toad), Soviet designation Project 775, is a class of landing ships (large landing ship in Soviet classification) built in Poland for the Soviet Navy. The ships were built in Poland in the Stocznia Północna shipyards in Gdańsk. Designed for beach landings, they can carry a 450-ton cargo. The ships have both bow- and stern-doors for loading and unloading vehicles, and the 630 square metres (6,800 sq ft) of vehicle deck stretches the length of the hull. Up to 25 armored personnel carriers can be embarked.
The Ropucha-class landing ship Kaliningrad during a visit to Cartagena in 2004.
2 × 30 mm AK-630 six-barreled gatling guns (Ropucha II)
While designed for roll-on/roll-off operations, they can also be loaded using dockside cranes. For this purpose there is a long sliding hatch-cover above the bow section for access to the vehicle deck. There are no facilities for helicopters.
In total, 28 ships of this type were commissioned from 1975 to 1991. The last three ships were of the improved variant Project 775M, also called Ropucha II. These have improved defensive armament and accommodation for an increased number of troops.
One ship of the class was delivered to the South Yemen in 1979 and served the Yemeni Navy until 2002, before it was sold as a civilian cargo named Sam of Yemen. It was the only unit of this class in service outside the former Soviet Union.
On 3 August 2012, international media reported that three vessels of the class, Aleksandr Otrakovskiy, Georgiy Pobedonosets and Kondopoga would visit the Russian naval base in Tartus, Syria. The ships were part of the Northern Fleet. Earlier reports, quoting a source at the Russian general staff, said the ships would spend a few days in Tartus and would take on fresh supplies of food and water. British media added that the ships each had up to 120 marines on board.[2][3]
The Russian defence ministry left open the possibility that the ships might dock there at some point for logistical reasons, saying they had every right to do so. The General Staff source, who was not named, had said that after calling in at Tartus they would head for the Bosporus and the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk.[2][4]
From 2013 on, ten Ropucha-class ships, gathered from all four Russian fleets, were used to transport military equipment from Novorosiysk to Tartus in Syria, during an intervention in Syrian civil war, along with Ropucha-class ships.[5]
A PT-76 amphibious tank leaving a Project 775 ship at the bow gate
In the 2021/2022 tensions between Russia and Ukraine leading up to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the landing ships Korolev, Minsk, Kaliningrad, Pyotr Morgunov, Georgy Pobedonosets, and Olenegorsky Gornyak from the Baltic and Northern fleets departed their base and passed through the Dardanelles Strait in February 2022 for exercises in the Black Sea.[8][9][10]
Project 775 construction data
Name
In service
Status
(SDK-47) BDK-47
1 July 1974
as of 17 December 1994 out of service, ship scrapped
(SDK-48) BDK-48
30 June 1975
decommissioned 5 July 1994
(SDK-63) BDK-63
30 June 1975
decommissioned 5 July 1994
(SDK-90) BDK-90
30 November 1975
decommissioned 5 July 1994
(SDK-91) BDK-91 Olenegorski Gornjak
30 June 1976
brought on stand mod. II
(SDK-181) BDK-181
9 October 1976
decommissioned 5 July 1994
(SDK-182) BDK-182 Kondopoga
30 November 1976
brought on stand mod. II
(SDK-183) BDK-183 Kotlas
15 March 1977
decommissioned 22 July 2005
(SDK-197) BDK-197
21 September 1977
decommissioned 5 July 1994
(SDK-200) BDK-200
17 December 1977
brought on stand mod. II, decommissioned on 30 July 1993
(SDK-55) BDK-55 Aleksandr Otrakowski
30 July 1978
BDK-102 Kaliningrad
in service
BDK-127Minsk
in service
BDK-130 Korolev
in service
(SDK-119) BDK-119
27 February 1979
September 1979 to Yemen as 139. Since 2002 decommissioned[11] as the merchant ship Sam of Yemen. 2018 sunk in Aden.
out of action due to lack of spare parts to repair ship.[12] It was damaged 24 March, 2022 during an attack on three Russian landing ships in the port of Berdiansk, Ukraine, that destroyed Alligator-class landing ship BDK-10 Saratov 150
(SDK-46) BDK-46 Novocherkassk 142
30 November 1987
out of action due to lack of spare parts to repair ship.[12] It was damaged 24 March, 2022 during an attack on three Russian landing ships in the port of Berdiansk, Ukraine, that destroyed Alligator-class landing ship BDK-10 Saratov 150
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^ ab"Russia denies warships heading for Syria's Tartus port". BBC News. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
^Loiko, Sergei L. (3 August 2012). "Russia reportedly sending warships with marines to Syrian waters". Los Angeles Times. from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
^Loiko, Sergei L. (3 August 2012). "Russia reportedly sending warships with marines to Syrian waters". Los Angeles Times. from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
^Kubiak, Krzysztof (2017). "Syryjski ekspres". Raport-WTO (in Polish). No. 4. p. 48. ISSN 1429-270X.
^"Russia sets for deploying in Syria large landing ship seized from Ukraine in annexed Crimea - media". Unian. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
^"Оснащение больших десантных кораблей Черноморского флота системами спутниковой связи" [Equipping large landing ships of the Black Sea Fleet with satellite communication systems]. bmpd.livejournal.com (in Russian). 11 December 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
^"Ukraine crisis: Russia sends 6 landing warships to Black Sea". South China Morning Post. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
^Sutton, H. I. (8 February 2022). "6 Russian Warships And Submarine Now Entering Black Sea Towards Ukraine". Naval News. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
^McCleary, Paul (10 February 2022). "'Dangerous moment': Russian naval buildup near Ukraine hits Cold War levels". Politico. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
^ ab via Mash (Russian). Retrieved 28 August 2022.
"Project 775 Ropucha class Tank Landing ship". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 2 April 2007.
Polmar, Norman (1991). The Naval Institute Guide to the Soviet Navy (5th ed.). Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Institute. pp. 217–218. ISBN9780870212413 – via Google Books.
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The Ropucha class Polish for Toad Soviet designation Project 775 is a class of landing ships large landing ship in Soviet classification built in Poland for the Soviet Navy The ships were built in Poland in the Stocznia Polnocna shipyards in Gdansk Designed for beach landings they can carry a 450 ton cargo The ships have both bow and stern doors for loading and unloading vehicles and the 630 square metres 6 800 sq ft of vehicle deck stretches the length of the hull Up to 25 armored personnel carriers can be embarked The Ropucha class landing ship Kaliningrad during a visit to Cartagena in 2004 Class overviewNameRopucha classBuildersStocznia Polnocna Shipyard Gdansk PolandOperators Russian Navy Ukrainian Navy Yemeni NavyPreceded byPolnocny classSucceeded byIvan Gren classSubclassesProject 775 Ropucha I Project 775M Ropucha II In commission1974Completed28ActiveProject 775 12 Project 775M 3Retired13General characteristics 1 TypeLanding ship Landing Ship TankDisplacement2 200 tons standard 4 080 tons full loadLength112 5 m 369 ft 1 in Beam15 m 49 ft 3 in Draft3 7 m 12 ft 2 in Propulsion2 diesel engines 2 propellers 19 200 hp 14 300 kW Speed18 knots 33 km h 21 mph Range6 100 nmi 11 300 km 7 000 mi at 15 knots 28 km h 17 mph Capacity10 main battle tanks and 340 troops or 12 BTR and 340 troops or 3 main battle tanks 3 2S9 Nona S 5 MT LB 4 army trucks and 313 troops or 500 tons of cargoComplement87 98Armament2 2 57 mm AK 257 guns Ropucha I 1 76 mm AK 176 Ropucha II 2 30 122 mm rocket launcher A 215 Grad M Strela 2 SA N 5 surface to air missile system 4 launchers 2 30 mm AK 630 six barreled gatling guns Ropucha II While designed for roll on roll off operations they can also be loaded using dockside cranes For this purpose there is a long sliding hatch cover above the bow section for access to the vehicle deck There are no facilities for helicopters In total 28 ships of this type were commissioned from 1975 to 1991 The last three ships were of the improved variant Project 775M also called Ropucha II These have improved defensive armament and accommodation for an increased number of troops Contents 1 Operational history 2 Operations 2 1 Project 775 construction data 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksOperational history Edit The landing ship Georgiy Pobedonosec on exercises in the Barents Sea BDK Alexander Shabalin Most of the ships became part of the Russian Navy after the dissolution of the Soviet Union They were used for landing troops at the Georgian port of Poti during the 2008 South Ossetia war and for deliveries of cargo during the Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War One ship of the class was delivered to the South Yemen in 1979 and served the Yemeni Navy until 2002 before it was sold as a civilian cargo named Sam of Yemen It was the only unit of this class in service outside the former Soviet Union On 3 August 2012 international media reported that three vessels of the class Aleksandr Otrakovskiy Georgiy Pobedonosets and Kondopoga would visit the Russian naval base in Tartus Syria The ships were part of the Northern Fleet Earlier reports quoting a source at the Russian general staff said the ships would spend a few days in Tartus and would take on fresh supplies of food and water British media added that the ships each had up to 120 marines on board 2 3 The Russian defence ministry left open the possibility that the ships might dock there at some point for logistical reasons saying they had every right to do so The General Staff source who was not named had said that after calling in at Tartus they would head for the Bosporus and the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk 2 4 From 2013 on ten Ropucha class ships gathered from all four Russian fleets were used to transport military equipment from Novorosiysk to Tartus in Syria during an intervention in Syrian civil war along with Ropucha class ships 5 The Ukrainian Navy s only ship of the class Kostiantyn Olshansky was reportedly seized by Russian troops and accepted into service with the Russian Navy after the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in March 2014 6 All ships of the Russia s Black Sea Fleet namely Caesar Kunikov Novocherkassk Yamal and Azov were modernized with installation of the Tsentavr NM2S Auriga and Cobham SAILOR satellite phones 7 Operations Edit A PT 76 amphibious tank leaving a Project 775 ship at the bow gate In the 2021 2022 tensions between Russia and Ukraine leading up to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine the landing ships Korolev Minsk Kaliningrad Pyotr Morgunov Georgy Pobedonosets and Olenegorsky Gornyak from the Baltic and Northern fleets departed their base and passed through the Dardanelles Strait in February 2022 for exercises in the Black Sea 8 9 10 Project 775 construction data Edit Name In service Status SDK 47 BDK 47 1 July 1974 as of 17 December 1994 out of service ship scrapped SDK 48 BDK 48 30 June 1975 decommissioned 5 July 1994 SDK 63 BDK 63 30 June 1975 decommissioned 5 July 1994 SDK 90 BDK 90 30 November 1975 decommissioned 5 July 1994 SDK 91 BDK 91 Olenegorski Gornjak 30 June 1976 brought on stand mod II SDK 181 BDK 181 9 October 1976 decommissioned 5 July 1994 SDK 182 BDK 182 Kondopoga 30 November 1976 brought on stand mod II SDK 183 BDK 183 Kotlas 15 March 1977 decommissioned 22 July 2005 SDK 197 BDK 197 21 September 1977 decommissioned 5 July 1994 SDK 200 BDK 200 17 December 1977 brought on stand mod II decommissioned on 30 July 1993 SDK 55 BDK 55 Aleksandr Otrakowski 30 July 1978BDK 102 Kaliningrad in serviceBDK 127 Minsk in serviceBDK 130 Korolev in service SDK 119 BDK 119 27 February 1979 September 1979 to Yemen as 139 Since 2002 decommissioned 11 as the merchant ship Sam of Yemen 2018 sunk in Aden SDK 64 BDK 64 Tsezar Kunikov 158 30 October 1986 out of action due to lack of spare parts to repair ship 12 It was damaged 24 March 2022 during an attack on three Russian landing ships in the port of Berdiansk Ukraine that destroyed Alligator class landing ship BDK 10 Saratov 150 SDK 46 BDK 46 Novocherkassk 142 30 November 1987 out of action due to lack of spare parts to repair ship 12 It was damaged 24 March 2022 during an attack on three Russian landing ships in the port of Berdiansk Ukraine that destroyed Alligator class landing ship BDK 10 Saratov 150See also EditList of ships of the Soviet Navy List of ships of Russia by project number List of active Russian Navy shipsReferences Edit Black Sea Fleet hazers broke young sailor s jaw Rusnavy com 10 November 2010 Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 3 September 2013 a b Russia denies warships heading for Syria s Tartus port BBC News 3 August 2012 Retrieved 3 September 2013 Loiko Sergei L 3 August 2012 Russia reportedly sending warships with marines to Syrian waters Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on 5 August 2012 Retrieved 4 August 2012 Loiko Sergei L 3 August 2012 Russia reportedly sending warships with marines to Syrian waters Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on 5 August 2012 Retrieved 4 August 2012 Kubiak Krzysztof 2017 Syryjski ekspres Raport WTO in Polish No 4 p 48 ISSN 1429 270X Russia sets for deploying in Syria large landing ship seized from Ukraine in annexed Crimea media Unian 9 February 2016 Retrieved 3 March 2019 Osnashenie bolshih desantnyh korablej Chernomorskogo flota sistemami sputnikovoj svyazi Equipping large landing ships of the Black Sea Fleet with satellite communication systems bmpd livejournal com in Russian 11 December 2018 Retrieved 3 March 2019 Ukraine crisis Russia sends 6 landing warships to Black Sea South China Morning Post 9 February 2022 Retrieved 23 February 2022 Sutton H I 8 February 2022 6 Russian Warships And Submarine Now Entering Black Sea Towards Ukraine Naval News Retrieved 23 February 2022 McCleary Paul 10 February 2022 Dangerous moment Russian naval buildup near Ukraine hits Cold War levels Politico Retrieved 24 February 2022 Project 775 bei russianships info englisch a b 1 via Mash Russian Retrieved 28 August 2022 Project 775 Ropucha class Tank Landing ship GlobalSecurity org Retrieved 2 April 2007 Polmar Norman 1991 The Naval Institute Guide to the Soviet Navy 5th ed Annapolis MD United States Naval Institute pp 217 218 ISBN 9780870212413 via Google Books External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ropucha class landing ship Russian Littoral Warfare Ships at Hazegray org Yemeni Navy at Hazegray org All Ropucha Class Landing Ships Complete Ship List at Russianships info Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ropucha class landing ship amp oldid 1123381522, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
