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Yamal
Yamal. Photo by A. Brichevsky (flot.sevastopol.info)
Yamal is a Project 775 Large Landing Ship (LLS)
REGISTRATION
Black Sea FleetCONSTRUCTION, NAME
The ship was built in Gdansk (Poland) in 1987; commissioned 1988. Initially, it was named BDK-67; on January 3, 2002 the ship was renamed into Yamal as in June 2001 administration of Yamalo-Nenetsky Autonomous Region (Russian Federation) took patronage over the ship.MILESTONES
In 1997 the ship took part in international exercise Peace Fairway – 97In 1998 it participated in international exercise Sea Breeze – 98
In 1999 the ship transported Russian peacekeepers to Salonika (Greece)
In 2000 it took part in withdrawal of military hardware from Georgia
In June 2003 being a part of BSF task unit, the ship paid an official call at Port Said (Egypt)
In October 2003 it visited Greek island Corfu
In October 2008 the ship visited Greek ports Corfu, Suda, Pilos, Piraeus
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