Russian landing ship Nikolai Filchenkov

History
Russia
Name	Nikolai Filchenkov
Namesake	Nikolai Filchenkov
Builder	Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad
Yard number	304
Laid down	30 January 1974
Launched	29 March 1975
Commissioned	30 December 1975
Homeport	Sevastopol
Identification	Hull number 560 (1975-1976); 409 (1976-1980); 417 (1980); 141 (1980-1982); 136 (1982-1985); 143 (1985); 146 (1985-1988); 142 (1988-1991); 152 (1991-present);
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class & type	Tapir-class landing ship
Displacement	3,400 tons standard; 4,360–4,700 tons full load;
Length	112.8–113.1 m (370 ft 1 in – 371 ft 1 in)
Beam	15.3–15.6 m (50 ft 2 in – 51 ft 2 in)
Draft	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 diesels, 2 shafts, 9,000 bhp (6,700 kW)
Speed	16–18 knots (30–33 km/h)
Capacity	1,000 tons
Troops	300–425 troops and 20 tanks, or 40 AFVs, or 1,000 tons
Crew	55
Armament	Missiles: 1 × 122 mm naval Grad bombardment rocket launcher in some, 3 × SA-N-5 SAM positions in some.; Guns: 1 dual 57 mm/70 cal DP, 2 dual 25 mm AA in some.; 2 × 7 55 mm MRG-1 Ogonyok multi-barrel rocket grenade launchers (RG-55 grenades);

Nikolai Filchenkov (Russian: Николай Фильченков) is a Tapir-class landing ship of the Russian Navy and part of the Black Sea Fleet.

Named after commissar Nikolai Filchenkov, a posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union killed in action during the Second World War, the ship was built in Kaliningrad. She is classified as a BDK (Russian: БДК) for Russian: Большой десантный корабль, romanized: Bolshoy desantnyi korabl', lit. 'large landing ship'. She is one of the Tapir class designated Project 1171/IV by the Russian Navy, with the NATO reporting name Alligator.

History

Russia
Name	Nikolai Filchenkov
Namesake	Nikolai Filchenkov
Builder	Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad
Yard number	304
Laid down	30 January 1974
Launched	29 March 1975
Commissioned	30 December 1975
Homeport	Sevastopol
Identification	Hull number 560 (1975-1976) 409 (1976-1980) 417 (1980) 141 (1980-1982) 136 (1982-1985) 143 (1985) 146 (1985-1988) 142 (1988-1991) 152 (1991-present)
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class & type	Tapir-class landing ship
Displacement	3,400 tons standard 4,360–4,700 tons full load
Length	112.8–113.1 m (370 ft 1 in – 371 ft 1 in)
Beam	15.3–15.6 m (50 ft 2 in – 51 ft 2 in)
Draft	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 diesels, 2 shafts, 9,000 bhp (6,700 kW)
Speed	16–18 knots (30–33 km/h)
Capacity	1,000 tons
Troops	300–425 troops and 20 tanks, or 40 AFVs, or 1,000 tons
Crew	55
Armament	Missiles: 1 × 122 mm naval Grad bombardment rocket launcher in some, 3 × SA-N-5 SAM positions in some. Guns: 1 dual 57 mm/70 cal DP, 2 dual 25 mm AA in some. 2 × 7 55 mm MRG-1 Ogonyok multi-barrel rocket grenade launchers (RG-55 grenades)