Balzam-class intelligence ship
The Balzam class, Soviet designation Project 1826 is a class of intelligence collection ships built in the Soviet Union for the Soviet Navy during the 1980s. They are also known as Lira class, after the first vessel of the class.
A starboard view of the Soviet Balzam-class general intelligence collector ship underway in international waters as United States Navy ships sail out from Norfolk, Virginia, at the beginning of NATO Exercise Ocean Safari '85. | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | Yantar Yard Kaliningrad |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Primor'ye-class surveillance ship |
| Succeeded by | Vishnya-class intelligence ship |
| Built | 1980–1986 |
| In commission | 1980–1987 |
| Planned | 4 |
| Completed | 4 |
| Active | 1 |
| Laid up | 2 |
| Retired | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | intelligence ship |
| Displacement | 4,900 tons full load |
| Length | 105 m (344 ft) |
| Beam | 15.5 m (51 ft) |
| Draught | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2 shaft diesel 9,000 hp (6,700 kW) |
| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement | 220 |
| Sensors and processing systems | Sonar: MG-349 hull mounted array, MG-13 underwater communications, MG-7 |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | Cage Pot I, Twin Wheel, Log Maze |
| Armament | 2 × 4 9K32 Strela-2 positions, 1 × 30 mm AK-630 anti-aircraft gun, 1×7 55 mm MRG-1 grenade launcher |
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