Around 02:30 on December 26, in the area of Feodosia, tactical aviation of the Air Force destroyed a large landing ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet Novocherkassk.
This ship was first attacked on March 24, 2022 in the port of temporarily occupied Berdyansk, Zaporozhye region.
However, the ship was only damaged then.
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On the night of December 26, 2023, Novocherkassk was captured.
What is known about the liquidated landing ship Novocherkassk
BDK Novocherkassk is a Project 775 ship of the Ropucha class.
The ship was built by socialist Poland from 1975 to 1991 for the USSR.
The ship has been in service with the Black Sea Fleet of the USSR Navy since November 30, 1987.
At first the ship had tail number 108, and on May 1, 1989 it was assigned tail number 142.
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Since 1990, the ship has been mothballed.
The BDK Novocherkassk was taken out of mothballing and commissioned into the Russian Black Sea Fleet at the beginning of 2007.
Since 2022, Novocherkassk has been part of the 197th brigade of landing ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
Russian troops captured the same Ukrainian ship Konstantin Olshansky in Crimea in 2014.
Possibilities of the BDK Novocherkassk
This large landing craft is designed for amphibious landings on an unequipped coast and the transfer of troops and cargo by sea.
In addition, the ship is capable of transporting various types of armored vehicles, including tanks.
Currently, the Novocherkassk BDK participated in the transportation of drones of the Shahed-136/131 type to Crimea, from where the drones then attacked the Ukrainian regions.
Characteristics of the BDK Novocherkassk
- full water replacement – 4,080 t;
- hull length – 112.5 m;
- width – 15 m;
- crew – 87 people;
- landing – up to 300 people;
- load capacity – up to 460 t.
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