![]() Ob underway on 1 May 1985 | |
History | |
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Namesake | Ob, Russia |
Owner | Russian Navy |
Builder | Adolf Barsky, Szczecin |
Laid down | 17 August 1978 |
Launched | 12 April 1979 |
Commissioned | 28 March 1980 |
Decommissioned | 16 August 1997 |
Homeport | Vladivostok |
Fate | Scrapped 2007 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ob-class hospital ship |
Displacement | Standard: 11,300 tons |
Length | 145.7 m (478 ft) |
Beam | 19.6 m (64 ft) |
Draft | 6.2 m (20 ft) |
Speed | 19.8 knots (36.7 km/h; 22.8 mph) |
Range | 11,600 nmi (21,500 km; 13,300 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 10 lifeboats |
Troops | 300-450 patients |
Complement | 207 crew |
Aircraft carried | 1 x Kamov Ka-25 |
Aviation facilities | Helipad and hangar |
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