OVERVIEW: The IVAN ROGOV-class (Project 1174 Nosorog) Large Landing Ship is a large, gas-turbine-powered LHD.

DETAILS:   These were the first Soviet ships to have docking well and helicopter capability.  Military materiel is landed via a bow ramp and also via assault boats through the doors of the flooded well. The vessel
has both bow ramp and well deck; it may operate as either a LST or as a LPD. A typical load is one battalion of 520 marines and 25 tanks. Up to 53 tanks or 80 armoured personnel carriers may be carried if the well deck is used for ground vehicle parking. The vessel accommodates four helicopters. The helicopter hangar is located within the superstructure and there are landing pads forward  and aft of the superstructure. A total of three ships were built. One currently remains in service with the Russian Navy.

NOTES: Displacement: 13,000 tons standard
       Speed: 23 knts
       Range: 8,000 nm @ 20 knts; 12,500 nm @14 knts
       Complement: 200 crew, 550 troops (approx.)
       In Commission: 1978  

SOURCES: Norman Polmar, "Guide to the Soviet Navy, 3rd ed. (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1983), 220 ; 