| Don-class submarine tender | |
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File:Karablj Vidjaev.jpg Fyodor Vidyaev | |
| Class overview | |
| Builders: | Nikolayev shipyard |
| Operators: | Soviet Navy, Indonesian Navy |
| Succeeded by: | Ugra-class submarine tender |
| Built: | 1958-61 |
| In commission: | 1961-89? |
| Completed: | 7 |
| Retired: | 7 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Submarine tender |
| Displacement: | 6730 tons standard, 9000 tons full load |
| Length: | 140 m |
| Beam: | 17.7 m |
| Draught: | 6.4 m |
| Propulsion: | 4 Diesel engines, 8000 hp |
| Speed: | 17 knots |
| Range: | 21,000 km / at 10 knots |
| Complement: | 300 to 450 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Radar: Hawk Screech, Slim Net |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: | 2 Watch dog ECM systems, Vee cone communication system |
| Armament: | 4 - 100mm guns (4x1), 4 - 57mm guns, |
The Don class submarine tender was the NATO reporting name for a group of submarine tenders built for the Soviet Navy in the late 1950s. The Soviet designation was Project 310 Batur.
Design[]
The class were designed to support Soviet submarines on distant operations. They had significant self-defence armament and contained numerous workshops
Ships[]
7 ships were built for the Soviet Navy and one ship was exported to Indonesia
The Soviet ships were mostly named after submarine commanders killed in World War II:
- Dmitriy Galkin, named after Dmitriy Galkin
- Fyodor Vidyaev, named after Fyodor Vidyayev
- Kamchatskiy Komsomolets
- Magomed Gadzhiev, named after Magomet Gadzhiyev
- Magdanskiy Komsomolets
- Viktor Kotelnikov named after Viktor Kotelnikov
Magomed Gadzhiev with Frigate Bezzavetny and cruiser Zhdanov
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