 Azov in port, 2008 | |
| History | |
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| Name | Azov |
| Namesake | Sea of Azov |
| Builder | Stocznia Północna,Gdańsk, Poland |
| Laid down | 22 November 1988 |
| Launched | 19 May 1989 |
| Commissioned | 12 October 1990 |
| Homeport | Sevastopol |
| Identification | Hull number: 151 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Ropucha-classlanding ship |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 112.5 m (369 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 15.01 m (49 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 4.26 m (14 ft 0 in) |
| Ramps | Over bows and at stern |
| Installed power | 3 × 750 kW (1,006 hp)diesel generators |
| Propulsion | 2 × 9,600 hp (7,159 kW) Zgoda-Sulzer 16ZVB40/48 diesel engines |
| Speed | 18knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
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| Endurance | 30 days |
| Capacity | 10 ×main battle tanks and 340 troopsor 12 ×BTRAPC and 340 troopsor 3 × main battle tanks, 3 ×2S9 Nona-SSPG, 5 ×MT-LB APC, 4 trucks and 313 troopsor 500 tons of cargo |
| Complement | 98 |
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| Service record | |
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| Operations: | Russian Invasion of Ukraine |
Azov (BDK-54) is aRopucha-classlanding ship of theRussian Navy and part of theBlack Sea Fleet. Named after theSea of Azov, the ship was built inPoland andlaunched in 1989.
In 2021, it was reported thatAzov was a part of Russia'sBlack Sea Fleet, stationed inCrimea, participating inamphibious warfare training.[2] In June 2022,Azov was among the Black Sea Fleet vessels reported to be operational and available for amphibious landings in theBlack Sea by Russian sources.[3]
On 24 March 2024, the Ukrainian general staff and open-source intelligence sources reported thatAzov and her sister shipYamal were hit bycruise missiles while they were in their homeport of Sevastopol.[4][5] Eyewitnesses reported explosions during the night.[6] Recent[when?] satellite images did not reveal any damage, showing that the missile hit the pier next to the ship presumably due to the electronic warfare system.[7][8]
