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Aleksandr Kunakhovich 1978

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Александр Кунахович [Aleksandr Kunakhovich]		801	Gorkiy SYd, Zelenodolsk	29.7.1974	26.10.1975	31.12.1977	test ship 6.1991, stricken 3.1994

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	349
Displacement normal, t	465
Length, m	50.2
Breadth, m	9.76 deck 20 foils
Draught, m	2.17 hull 6.90 foils
No of shafts	3 twin propellers / 2 water jets
Machinery	2 M10A gas turbines + 1 M10B gas turbine (on propellers) / 2 DRA-211 diesels (on water jets)
Power, h. p.	36000+18000=54000 / 2200
Max speed, kts	52
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	2000(8)
Armament	2 x 6 - 30/54 AK-630M, 2 x 4 - 400 TT
Electronic equipment	MR-123-01 Vympel-A, MR-220 Reyd radar, Sheksna, MGS-407K sonars
Complement	36

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Project history

Aleksandr Kunakhovich was the largest Soviet hydrofoil, and like Project 1240 she had submerged foils. The two nests of TT (two above two) were located on either side, forward of the superstructure in Project 1141, well aft in Project 1145. At the time of commission main armament of Aleksandr Kunakhovich were 8 SET-72 torpedoes.

Modernizations

1990: - 2 x 4 - 400 TT; + 2 x 4 Medvedka ASuM (8 K77R)

Naval service

No significant events.