Alesha-class minelayer

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;

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.^[2]

Design

Ships

The ships were named Pripyat, Sukhona and Vychegda, but were assigned the reporting name Alesha by NATO.^[3]

References

Notes

^ Polmar, Norman (1991). The Naval Institute Guide to the Soviet Navy. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. p. 208. ISBN 0870212419.
^ Moore, John (1984). Jane's All The World's Fighting Ships. Jane's Publishing. p. 539. ISBN 0710607741.
^ "Russian-Ships.Info". Archived from the original on May 22, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

Bibliography

[NavalInstitute-1] Polmar, Norman (1991). The Naval Institute Guide to the Soviet Navy. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. p. 208. ISBN 0870212419.

[Janes-2] Moore, John (1984). Jane's All The World's Fighting Ships. Jane's Publishing. p. 539. ISBN 0710607741.

[Russianships-3] "Russian-Ships.Info". Archived from the original on May 22, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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