"Alexander Nikolaev" - Ivan Rogov Class Landing Ship.

 Landing Ship Tank (LST), draw only border

Project # 1174 Nosorog
NATO Reporting name :
Ivan Rogov Class Large Landing Ship
BDK "Александр Николаев : Alexander Nikolaev"
(Hull# 057)

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

In conservation.
Laid down 03.1976
launched 1979,
commissioned 30.12.1982,

The Ivan Rogov, or Project 1174 class "large landing ships" are a class of amphibious transports used by the Russian Navy. Originally a class of three ships built during the cold war, only one, the Mitrofan Moskalenko, is still in service.

In the 1970s, under the impulsion of Admiral Gorshkov, the Soviet Navy greatly expanded its amphibious warfare capability. The construction of the Ivan Rogov class ships was part of this effort. They were designed with a bow ramp for beach-landings, and a flooded well to launch amphibious transports or assault boats. This means they can serve either as LSTs or as LPDs.

This ship can carry 2,500 tons of cargo, and the typical load would consist of one battalion of 520 marines and 25 tanks. If no landing craft are carried then the extra space in the docking bay allows for the transport up to 53 tanks or 80 armoured personnel carriers.

The Alexander Nikolaev was laid down and launched at the Pribaltiyskiy Shipyard «Yantar» in Kaliningrad, and enterred into service with the fleet on 30.12.1982.

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