Russian Auxiliaries and Other Ships
Hospital Ships
Od’ Class Hospital Ship LOA 505′ TDISP 11,900 tons (4, 1 sold to China 2007) Irtysh (1990)
OB class hospital ship Irtysh underway 1994 NARA: DN-SC-97-01610
Missile Instrumentation Ships
Marshal Krylov missile instrumentation ship (1990) LOA 692′ TDISP 23,800 tons
Krylov instrumentation ship 1990 NARA: 330-CFD-DN-SC-91-01135
Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC)
Aist Class (1975) LOA 155′ TDISP 300 tons (20 built, 6 or less still active)
Salvage Vessels
Kommuna Submarine Salvage Vessel (1915) LOA 315′ TDISP 3,100 tons , oldest Russian commissioned naval ship. Catamaran-hulled and was loosely based on the Imperial German SMS Vulkan, U-boat rescue vessel. Currently a rescue vessel fitted with a British built rescue submersible.
Kommuna rescue ship, Sevastopol, 2009. George Chernilevsky / Public domain
