Ropucha-class landing ship

	The Ropucha-class landing ship Kaliningrad during a visit to Cartagena in 2004
Class overview
Name	Ropucha class
Builders	Stocznia Północna Shipyard, Gdańsk, Poland
Operators	Russian Navy
Preceded by	Polnocny class
Succeeded by	Ivan Gren class
Subclasses	Project 775 (Ropucha I); Project 775M (Ropucha II);
In commission	1974
Completed	28
Active	Project 775: 9; Project 775M: 3;
Lost	3
Retired	13
General characteristics
Type	Landing ship/tank landing ship
Displacement	3,450 tonnes standard; 4,080 tonnes full load;
Length	112.5 m (369 ft 1 in)
Beam	15 m (49 ft 3 in)
Draft	3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
Ramps	Bow and stern
Installed power	2 × 9,600 hp (7,200 kW) Zgoda-Sulzer 16ZVB40/48 diesel engines; 3 × 750 kW (1,006 hp) diesel generators;
Propulsion	2 × propellers
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range	6,100 nmi (11,300 km; 7,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Endurance	30 days
Capacity	10 main battle tanks and 340 troops or; 12 BTR and 340 troops or; 3 main battle tanks, 3 2S9 Nona-S, 5 MT-LB, 4 army trucks and 313 troops or; 500 tons of cargo;
Complement	87–98
Armament	2 × 57 mm AK-725 double guns (Ropucha I); 1 × 76 mm AK-176 (Ropucha II); 2 × 30 122 mm rocket launcher A-215 Grad-M; Strela 2 (SA-N-5) surface-to-air missile system (4 launchers); 2 × 30 mm AK-630 six-barreled gatling guns (Ropucha II);

The Project 775, NATO reporting name Ropucha class (Polish for Toad), is a class of landing ship (large landing ship or Bol'shoy Desantnyy Korabl (BDK) in Soviet classification) built in Poland for the Soviet Navy. The ships were built in the Stocznia Północna shipyards in Gdańsk, Poland. They were designed for beach landings, and can carry 450 tons of cargo. The ships have both bow and stern doors for loading and unloading vehicles, and the 630 square metres (6,800 sq ft) of vehicle deck stretch the length of the hull. Up to 25 armored personnel carriers can be embarked.

While designed for roll-on/roll-off operations, they 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.

In total, 28 ships of this type were 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 a greater number of troops.

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