Gus-class LCAC - Misplaced Pages

Class overview

Builders	Primorsky Shipyard Almaz , More , Zelenodolsk
Operators	Soviet Navy
Succeeded by	Tsaplya class Lebed class
Built	1969–1974
In commission	1969–1990s
Completed	32
Scrapped	32
General characteristics
Type	Landing Craft Air Cushion
Displacement	27 long tons (27 t)
Length	21.4 m (70 ft 3 in)
Beam	7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	3 × TVD 10 2350 hp (2 of which TVD-10M) 780 hp (582 kW) gas turbines (1 lift, 2 propulsion) 2 × three-bladed variable-pitch propellers
Speed	60 knots (110 km/h; 69 mph)
Range	230 nmi (430 km; 260 mi) at 43 kn (80 km/h; 49 mph) 185 nmi (343 km; 213 mi) at 50 kn (93 km/h; 58 mph)
Troops	25 assault troops with equipment
Complement	6
Armament	None

The Gus-class LCAC code Project 1205 Skat was a medium-sized assault hovercraft operated by the Soviet Navy from 1969 until the early 1990s.

Configuration

The Gus class was a military version of the Soviet Skate class 50 passenger hovercraft, and was designed to transport infantry and light equipment. Between 1969 and 1974, 32 Gus-class assault hovercraft were constructed. They were deployed to all Soviet naval fleets except the Northern Fleet, and were used extensively along the Amur River border with China. Three Gus-class LCAC could be carried by the Ivan Rogov-class landing ship. They were replaced by the larger Tsaplya-class and Lebed-class LCAC and more recently the smaller Czilim-class hovercraft. All Gus-class hovercraft were believed scrapped in the early 1990s.

Capacity

The Gus class was capable of carrying up to 25 assault troops and their equipment.

References

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Sharpe, Richard (RN) Jane's Fighting Ships 1990-91 ISBN 0-7106-0904-3
(in English) All Gus class LCAC - Complete Ship List

v t e Soviet and Russian ship classes after 1945
Aircraft carriers	Moskva Project 1160 OREL Kiev Kuznetsov Ulyanovsk Project 23000 Project LMA
Battlecruisers	Stalingrad Kirov
Cruisers	Sverdlov Kynda Kresta I Kresta II Kara Slava Project 22350MK Project 21956MK Project 23560 Skval
Destroyers	Skory Neustrashimy Kotlin Kildin Krupny Kanin Kashin Sovremenny Udaloy Project 22350M Project 21956
Frigates	Kola Riga Petya Mirka Koni Burevestnik Gepard Neustrashimy Novik Admiral Grigorovich Admiral Gorshkov Rusich-1
Corvettes	Poti Pauk Parchim Nanuchka Tarantul Bora Grisha Mukha Buyan Steregushchiy Gremyashchiy Karakurt Derzky Briz Rusich-1500
P / M / T boats	Kronshtadt P 6 Pr 123K Komar Osa Shershen Stenka Turya Pr 1204 Shmel Zhuk Mukha Matka Muravey Sarancha Svetlyak Rubin Project 22160 Project 23550 Pr 03160 Raptor Briz Okean Rusich-2400 Pr 133RA Antares-RA Pr 21980 Grachonok Pr 12260 Yastreb Pr 14310 Mirazh Pr 12150 Mangusta Pr 02800 DShL
Minesweepers	T43 T58 Yurka Natya Gorya Sasha Vanya Zhenya Sonya Yevgenya Alexandrit Lida
Amphibious ships	Nosorog Tapir Ropucha Polnocny Dyugon Ondatra Serna Merkuryy Delfin LHD HC LAC Project 10200 Khalzan Project 11780 Ivan Gren ° Andreev ° Kajman Priboy Lavina Project 23900
Spy ships	Moma Marshal Krylov Primor'ye Balzam Vishnya Yury Ivanov
Air-cushioned landing craft	Gus Lebed Tsaplya Aist Zubr Czilim
Icebreaking patrol vessels	Ivan Susanin Purga Project 23550
Other vessels	SSV-33 Don Ugra Smolnyy Dunay Lun
X Cancelled BG Border Guard service P Project P X Project, Cancelled

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