“BDK-98" Ropucha I Class Landing Ship.

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Project # 775 Ropucha (Toad)
NATO Reporting name : Ropucha I Class Large Amphibious Assault Ship

"BDK-98"
(Hull# 055)

100th brigade of amphibious ships (Fokino)
Subordinate to The "Primorsk" (Maritime Province) Flotilla (Fokino)
Приморская флотилия

Subordinate to the Kola Peninsula Flotilla
CO : Captain 2nd-Class Captain Igor Akulov.
In repair. (as of 2008).

commissioned 28.09.1982

The Ropucha (toad), or Project 775 class landing ships are classified in the Russian Navy as "large landing craft" (Bol'shoy Desatnyy Korabl). They were built in Poland in the Stocznia Północna shipyards, in Gdansk. They are designed for beach landings and can carry a 450 ton cargo. The ships have both bow and stern doors for loading and unloading vehicles, and the 630 m² of vehicle deck stretches the length of the hull. Up to 25 armored personnel carriers can be embarked.

While being designed for roll-on roll-off operations the ships 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. The 28 ships of this type where 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.

The landing is carried out through the nose landing device, which includes the nasal gate and ramp. Viyadka assault with neplavayuschey technique can be performed directly on the equipped or unequipped coast with a minimum bottom slope of 2-3 degrees (depending on the generalized mass taken to ship goods).

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