Alesha-class minelayer

The Alesha class minelayers, known in the USSR as Project 317, was a designation for a class of three ships used by the Soviet Navy in the 1960s.[1]

Class overview
Operators:  Soviet Union
In commission: 1967 - ?
Completed: Three
General characteristics
Type: Minelayer
Displacement:
  • 3,000 short tons (2,700 t) standard
  • 3,700 short tons (3,400 t) full load
Length: 98 metres (322 ft)
Beam: 13.5 metres (44 ft)
Draught: 5.4 metres (18 ft)
Propulsion: 4 diesels, 2 shafts producing 35,000 brake horsepower (26,000 kW)
Speed: 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Range: 4,000 miles (6,400 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement: 190
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Search radar: Strut Curve
  • Fire Control radar: Muff Cob
  • Navigation: Don 2 radar
  • IFF: High Pole B
Armament:
  • Forward-mounted quad 57 millimetres (2.2 in) gun
  • 4 stern-mounted mine tracks equipped with 300 mines

Design

Ships

The ships were named Pripyat, Sukhona and Vychegda, but were assigned the reporting name Alesha by NATO.[2]

References

Notes
  1. Moore, John (1984). Jane's All The World's Fighting Ships. Jane's Publishing. p. 539. ISBN 0710607741.
  2. "Russian-Ships.Info". Archived from the original on May 22, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2012.

Bibliography
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