- Don class submarine tender
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Fyodor VidyaevClass overview Builders: Nikolayev shipyard Operators: Soviet Navy, Indonesian Navy Succeeded by: Ugra-class submarine tender Built: 1958-61 In commission: 1961-89? Completed: 7 Retired: 7 General characteristics Type: Submarine tender Displacement: 6730 tons standard, 9000 tons full load Length: 140 m Beam: 17.7 m Draught: 6.4 m Propulsion: 4 Diesel engines, 8000 hp Speed: 17 knots Range: 21,000 km / at 10 knots Complement: 300 to 450 Sensors and
processing systems:Radar: Hawk Screech, Slim Net Electronic warfare
and decoys:2 Watch dog ECM systems, Vee cone communication system Armament: 4 - 100mm guns (4x1), 4 - 57mm guns, The Don class submarine tender was the NATO reporting name for a group of submarine tenders built for the Soviet Navy in the late 1950s. The Soviet designation was Project 310 Batur.
Design
The class were designed to support Soviet submarines on distant operations. They had significant self defence armament and contained numerous workshops
Ships
7 ships were built for the Soviet Navy and one ship was exported to Indonesia
The Soviet ships were mostly named after submarine commanders killed in World War II:
- Dmitriy Galkin , named after Dmitriy Galkin
- Fyodor Vidyaev, named after Fyodor Vidyayev
- Kamchatskiy Komsomolets
- Magomed Gadzhiev, named after Magomet Gadzhiyev
- Magdanskiy Komsomolets
- Viktor Kotelnikov named after Viktor Kotelnikov
References
Soviet Navy and Russian Navy ship classes after World War IIAircraft carriers Moskva · OREL1 · Kiev · Ulyanovsk1 · Admiral Kuznetsov
Battlecruisers Stalingrad 1 · Kirov
Cruisers Destroyers Skoryy · Neustrashimy · Kotlin · Kildin · Krupny · Kanin · Kashin · Sovremenny · Udaloy · Project 21956
Frigates Kola · Riga · Petya · Mirka · Koni · Burevestnik · Gepard · Neustrashimy · Novik · Admiral Sergey Gorshkov · Admiral Grigorovich
Corvettes P / M / T boats Minesweepers Amphibious ships Patrol icebreakers Other vessels 1 Cancelled. 2 To be purchased. Categories:- Ships of the Soviet Navy
- Auxiliary ship classes
- 1950s ships
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