OVERVIEW: The ROPUCHA class Landing Ship, Tank (LST) is a small, diesel-powered LST.

DETAILS:   The ROPUCHA class is a beachable, general-purpose LST-type design with bow and stern ramps for unloading vehicles. Cargo capacity is 450 tons.  Up to 25 APCs can be carried.

NOTES: Displacement: 2,500 tons standard
       Speed: 18 knts
       Range: 3,500 nm @ 16 knts; 6,000 nm @ 12 knts
       Complement: 70 crew, 230 troops (approx.)
       In Commission: 1975  

SOURCES: Norman Polmar, "Guide to the Soviet Navy, 3rd ed. (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1983), 222 ; 




