Ukrainian ship Yuri Olefirenko
Yuri Olefirenko | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Soviet Navy | |
| Name | SDK 137 |
| Laid down | 21 April 1970 |
| Launched | 31 December 1970 |
| Commissioned | 31 May 1971 |
| Fate | Transferred to Ukrainian Navy in 1994 |
| Ukraine | |
| Name | Yuri Olefirenko (ex-SDK Kirovohrad) |
| Commissioned | 10 January 1996 |
| Status | Unclear; may have been destroyed or damaged in 2023 |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Polnocny-class landing ship |
| Displacement | 1,192 tons |
| Length | 81.3 m (266 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 9.3 m (30 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement | 41 |
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Yuri Olefirenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Олефіренко) is a mid-size Project 773 (NATO code: Polnocny-C) landing ship of the Ukrainian Navy. From her original commissioning in 1971 until the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea, she was based in the Southern Naval Base at Donuzlav. Since then Yuri Olefirenko was relocated to Ochakiv. She was subordinated to the 29th Surface Ships Division. She was reportedly captured by Russian forces during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine before being spotted still in active service on 3 June 2022. In 2023, an unconfirmed Russian report claimed the vessel had been destroyed.