Gus-class LCAC

Class overview
Builders	Primorsky Shipyard Almaz , More , Zelenodolsk
Operators	Soviet Navy
Succeeded by	Tsaplya class Lebed class
Built	1969–1974
In commission	1969–1990s
Completed	32
Scrapped	32
General characteristics
Type	Landing Craft Air Cushion
Displacement	27 long tons (27 t)
Length	21.4 m (70 ft 3 in)
Beam	7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	3 × TVD 10 2350 hp (2 of which TVD-10M) 780 hp (582 kW) gas turbines (1 lift, 2 propulsion) 2 × three-bladed variable-pitch propellers
Speed	60 knots (110 km/h; 69 mph)
Range	230 nmi (430 km; 260 mi) at 43 kn (80 km/h; 49 mph) 185 nmi (343 km; 213 mi) at 50 kn (93 km/h; 58 mph)
Troops	25 assault troops with equipment
Complement	6
Armament	None

The Gus-class LCAC code Project 1205 Skat was a medium-sized assault hovercraft operated by the Soviet Navy from 1969 until the early 1990s.

Configuration

The Gus class was a military version of the Soviet Skate class 50 passenger hovercraft, and was designed to transport infantry and light equipment. Between 1969 and 1974, 32 Gus-class assault hovercraft were constructed. They were deployed to all Soviet naval fleets except the Northern Fleet, and were used extensively along the Amur River border with China. Three Gus-class LCAC could be carried by the Ivan Rogov-class landing ship. They were replaced by the larger Tsaplya-class and Lebed-class LCAC and more recently the smaller Czilim-class hovercraft. All Gus-class hovercraft were believed scrapped in the early 1990s.

Capacity

The Gus class was capable of carrying up to 25 assault troops and their equipment.

See also

• List of ships of the Soviet Navy
• List of ships of Russia by project number

References

• Sharpe, Richard (RN) Jane's Fighting Ships 1990-91 ISBN 0-7106-0904-3
• (in English) All Gus class LCAC - Complete Ship List