The Alesha-class minelayers, known in the USSR as Project 317, was a designation for a class of three ships used by the Soviet Navy in the 1960s.[1]
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| Class overview | |
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| Operators |  Soviet Union |
| In commission | 1967 - ? |
| Completed | Three |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Minelayer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 98 metres (322 ft) |
| Beam | 13.5 metres (44 ft) |
| Draught | 5.4 metres (18 ft) |
| Propulsion | 4 diesels, 2 shafts producing 35,000 brake horsepower (26,000 kW) |
| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Range | 4,000 miles (6,400 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement | 190 |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Armament |
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Ships edit
The ships were named Pripyat, Sukhona and Vychegda, but were assigned the reporting name Alesha by NATO.[2]
References edit
- ^ Moore, John (1984). Jane's All The World's Fighting Ships. Jane's Publishing. p. 539. ISBN 0710607741.
- ^ "Russian-Ships.Info". Archived from the original on May 22, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
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