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MDE-150 landing ground effect vehicles (project 904) (1977 - 1983)


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Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
-   20 Volga, Gorkiy     --- incomplete for static tests
МДЭ-150 [MDE-150]   21 Volga, Gorkiy   1978 3.11.1979 crashed 28.8.1992
-   23 Volga, Gorkiy     1977 stricken 1977
МДЭ-165 [MDE-165], later- ДЭС-25 [DES-25]   25 Volga, Gorkiy   1979 27.10.1981 stricken 1999
МДЭ-160 [MDE-160], later- ДЭС-26 [DES-26]   26 Volga, Gorkiy   1980 30.12.1983 stricken 2006


100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate -   20 Volga, Gorkiy     --- incomplete for static tests МДЭ-150 [MDE-150]   21 Volga, Gorkiy   1978 3.11.1979 crashed 28.8.1992 -   23 Volga, Gorkiy     1977 stricken 1977 МДЭ-165 [MDE-165], later- ДЭС-25 [DES-25]   25 Volga, Gorkiy   1979 27.10.1981 stricken 1999 МДЭ-160 [MDE-160], later- ДЭС-26 [DES-26]   26 Volga, Gorkiy   1980 30.12.1983 stricken 2006

Technical data


Displacement standard, t

100
Displacement normal, t

122
Length, m

58.1
Breadth, m

31.5
Draught, m

1.50 / 0.00
No of shafts

1 twin air propeller + 2 turbojets
Machinery

1 NK-12MK gas turbine + 2 NK-8-4K turbojets
Power, h. p.

15400 hp on propeller + 2x 10500kgf thrust of jets
Max speed, kts

216
Fuel, t

jet fuel
Endurance, nm(kts)

700(190)
Armament

1 x 2 - 12.7/79
Military load

1 APC or 150 troops or 28 t of cargo
Electronic equipmentMR-244 Ekran, Splav radars
Complement

9


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<i>MDE-150 </i>1990
MDE-150 1990


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Project history

'Orlionok' class. Can carry troops and light vehicles (payload 28t in a 25.0x3.3x3.0m cargo bay, with a hinged nose). Lift turbojet exhausts swivel down to direct air beneath the wings at takeoff. Normal operating altitude was 5-15m, but the WIG can rise out of ground effect. The program never reached series production because of serious corrosion problems and very limited payload and range.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Yard No 23 was stricken immediately after completion of trials due to inability to eliminate damages suffered during incident 24.11.1974. MDE-150 28.8.1992 during a storm snagged the wing of a wave at the turn and capsized. She was sunk by other ships due to inability of towing.