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Alligator class landing ship

Alligator class landing ship
General characteristics
Displacement3,400 tons standard 4,360-4,700 tons full load
Length112.8-113.1 meters long
Beam15.3-15.6 meters beam
Speed16-18 knots
Capacity1,750 tons
Troops300-425 troops + 1,500 tons including about 20 tanks or 40 AFV's
Crew55
ArmamentMissiles: 1 122mm UMS-72 Grad-M bombardment RL in some, 3 SA-N-5 SAM positions in some.  Guns: 1 dual 57mm/70cal DP, 2 dual 25 mm AA in some.  

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Project 1171 (Tapir) class landing ship (NATO reporting name: Alligator) is a class of Soviet / Russian general purpose, beachable amphibious transport docks (Soviet classification: Large landing ship, ).

Design of Project 1171 was initiated in 1959 by the Navy, while a similar dual-purpose Project 1173 was ordered by the civilian Ministry of Shipping. Eventually both designs were merged under Project 1171 umbrella, and the resulting ship was a compromise between military (speed, survivability) and civil (fuel economy) objectives. Design team produced four different configurations of the ship. The Navy selected the most powerful and fastest option, which was also least fuel-efficient, and the civil Ministry withdrew from the project completely. All production ships were made for the Navy and never operated on shipping lines.

A total of 14 vessels were completed between 1964 and 1975; all were retired in 1992 � 1995. As at September, 2008, two vessels, currently named Orsk and Saratov are in active service with the 179-th brigade of Russian Black Sea Fleet. An unidentified number remains in reserve.

Saratov (БДК-65) was launched in July 1964, commissioned in 1966 as Voronezhsky Komsomolets. As a leader ship of a formation, it lacked the habitable troops compartments installed on other ships of the class. Saratov was stationed in Donuzlav (Black Sea Fleet) until the Union collapsed and then remained mothballed in Odessa until 1994. The ship was reported in active operations in 2000 and later.

Orsk (БДК-69) was launched and commissioned in 1968 as Nikolay Obekov. It served a total of 11 campaigns in Indian and Atlantic oceans and the Mediterranean. Later, under Russian flag, it carried peacekeeping troops and materials to Yugoslavia, Adjaria and Abkhazia.

Some vessels were used in the 2008 South Ossetia war.



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Soviet Navy and Russian Navy ship classes after World War II

Aircraft carriersMoskva class helicopter carrier * Orel X * Kiev class aircraft carrier * Ulyanovsk * Admiral Kuznetsov class aircraft carrier
BattlecruisersStalingrad class battlecruiser X * Kirov class battlecruiser
CruisersSverdlov class cruiser * Kynda class cruiser * Kresta I class cruiser * Kresta II class cruiser * Kara class cruiser * Slava class cruiser
DestroyersSkoryy class destroyer * Neustrashimy class destroyer * Kotlin class destroyer (Project 56) * Kildin class destroyer * Krupny / Kanin * Kashin class destroyer * Sovremenny class destroyer * Udaloy class destroyer
FrigatesKola class frigate * Riga class frigate * Petya class frigate * Mirka class frigate * Koni class frigate * Burevestnik class frigate * Gepard class frigate * Neustrashimy class frigate * Admiral Sergey Gorshkov class frigate
CorvettesPoti class corvette * Pauk class corvette * Parchim class corvette * Nanuchka class corvette * Tarantul class corvette * Bora class guided missile hovercraft * Grisha class corvette * Ivan Susanin class icebreaker * Buyan class corvette * Steregushchy class corvette
Patrol, Missile and Torpedo boatsKronshtadt class submarine chaser * Osa class missile boat * Komar class missile boat * Stenka class patrol boat * Turya class torpedo boat * Shershen class torpedo boat * Matka class missile boat * Muravey class patrol boat * Sarancha class missile boat * Svetlyak class patrol boat
MinesweepersT43 class minesweeper * T58 class minesweeper * Yurka class minesweeper * Natya class minesweeper * Gorya class minesweeper * Sasha class minesweeper * Vanya class minesweeper * Zhenya class minesweeper * Sonya class minesweeper * Yevgenya class minesweeper
Amphibious warfare shipsIvan Rogov class landing ship * Alligator class landing ship * Ropucha class landing ship * Polnocny class landing ship * Pomornik * Ivan Gren
Miscellaneous VesselsSSV-33 * Balzam class intelligence ship * Vishnya class intelligence ship * Primor'ye class surveillance ship * Ugra class submarine tender * Don class submarine tender * Smolnyy class training ship



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