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Caesar Kunikov
Caesar Kunikov. Photo by Russian Ministry of Defense
Caesar Kunikov is a Project 775 Large Landing Ship (LLS)
REGISTRATION
Black Sea FleetCONSTRUCTION, NAME
The ship was laid down in Gdansk (Poland) in 1984; launched in 1986. Initially, it was named BDK-64; in 1991 the ship was renamed into Caesar Kunikov.MILESTONES
In 2003 the ship participated in INDRA-2003 RF-Indian maneuvers.In 2004, 2005 the ship took part in BLACKSEAFOR international exercise at the Black Sea.
On March 26, 2007 an unauthorized shot happened while testing gun mount. The 57-mm shell flew to settlement Sakharnaya Golovka near Sevastopol and exploded in the air. Nobody suffered.
On August 10, 2008 it was a flagship of Russian Navy combat unit (LLS Caesar Kunikov, LLS Saratov, small guided missile ship Mirazh and small ASW ship Suzdalets) in the battle against Georgian missile boats during South Ossetia conflict.
PERFORMANCE
Speed: 18 knotsOperational range: 6,000 miles at 12 knots
Crew: 87 men
DIMENSIONS
Displacement: 4,080 tonnesLength: 112.5 meters
Beam: 15 meters
Draft: 3.7 meters
PROPULSION
CODAD powerplant, two screws, total power is 19,200 shpARMAMENT
2 coupled 57-mm gun mounts AK-7252 launchers of MLRS A-215 Grad-M
4 launchers of MANPADS Strela-2
Capacity is up to 500 tonnes of armor vehicles and 225 marines