Ob-class hospital ship

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2012-09-14 Sevastopol'. Plavuchii gospital' "Enisei" (3).jpg
Yenisey moored in Sevastopol on 14 September 2012.
Class overview
NameOb
Builders Adolf Warski Shipyard, Poland
Operators
Built1978-1988
In service1980-1990
Planned5
Completed4
Cancelled1
Active3
General characteristics
Type Hospital ship
DisplacementStandard: 11,300 tons
Length145.7 m (478 ft 0 in)
Beam19.6 m (64 ft 4 in)
Draft6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Propulsion
  • Zgoda-Sulzer 12ZV40 / 48 diesels
  • 78,000 hp (58,000 kW)
Speed19.8 knots (36.7 km/h; 22.8 mph)
Range11,600 nmi (21,500 km; 13,300 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried
10 lifeboats
Troops300–450 patients
Complement207 crew
Aircraft carried1 x Kamov Ka-25
Aviation facilities Helipad and hangar

The Ob class, Soviet designation Project 320, was a class of Soviet Navy hospital ships active in the 1980s. The ships are Ob, Yenisey, Svir and Irtysh.

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After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the ships became the property of the Russian government, but no sources indicate how the Russian Navy made use of the ships.

Development

The four ships of the Ob-class hospital ships were designed to provide medical and recreational facilities. They were also employed as personnel transports. They have civilian crews but carry uniformed naval medical personnel. The ships are fully equipped with surgical equipment. Later two units are Project 320 II, implying a modification to the basic design; the external differences are minor. [1] [2]

Hospital ship Ob was decommissioned in 1997 and may have been sold to the People's Liberation Army Navy, as it was mentioned[ by whom? ], a retired Russian hospital ship was purchased in 2007 with plans to restore it for PLAN service as hospital ship.[ citation needed ]

Project 320

Project 320 II

Characteristics

The size of the crew when deployed was nominally 124 sailors and 83 members of the medical staff. The on-board hospital has 300 beds, or in the event of an emergency (e.g. evacuation) for a short time up to 650 passengers. There are more than ten therapeutic and diagnostic departments, three operating rooms and one pharmacy. The ship does not carry armaments. At the stern is a landing area and hangar for one search and rescue helicopter type Kamov Ka-25PS or Ka-27PS. The propulsion system consists of two Zgoda-Sulzer 12ZV40 / 48 diesels, each with an output of 7800 hp, driving two propellers. The top speed reaches 19 knots. The range is 10,000 nautical miles at a speed of 16 knots.[ citation needed ]

Ship of class

NameLaid DownLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedStatus
Ob 17 August 197812 April 197928 March 198016 August 1997Broken up on 13 March 2007
Yenisey 10 September 19794 April 198030 January 1981Active[ citation needed ]
Svir 198719881989Active[ citation needed ]
Irtysh 25 November 19886 July 198931 July 1990Active[ citation needed ]
Cancelled

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References

  1. "Project 320 Ob' Class Hospital Ship". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  2. "Hospital ships - Project 320". russianships.info. Retrieved 2020-10-10.