Mission

The Project 1176 Akula landing boat is designed to carry mobile equipment and cargo from ships to non-equipped shore and back. It can be used as a shipborne facility. The boat is suitable for transport operations in home ports, ferrying, etc.

Features

The Project 1176 landing boat has an open hold and a bow ramp. Its high maneuverability is ensured by two independently controlled steerable shrouded propellers. This enables successful landing and transport operations near the seacoast, unloading onto non-equipped shore. The boat is adapted to convey laden wheeled and tracked vehicles driving off via the bow ramp to the shore, can tow other watercraft or be used as a ferry. The dimensions of the open cargo hold are: length - 12.5 m, width - 3.6 m, hold depth - 2.2 m. м.

The landing capacity: one T-72 main battle tank or up to 50 tons of cargo or 20 assault troopers.

Its sea-going capacity ensures safe navigation in sea point up to 4 inclusive.

Unloading of equipment onto non-equipped shore and taking it from the shore are possible in sea point up to 3 inclusive.

With its full displacement, the boat stays afloat with its any one compartment or cargo hold flooded.

Navigation equipment

• Liman-18M1 or FURVNO M-1932Mk2 navigation radar;
• UKPM-M2 or Jupiter magnetic compass.

Communications equipment

Hull systems

The craft has the following systems:

• desalination system;
• ballast system;
• water fire-fighting system;
• foam fire-fighting system;
• fresh water system;
• utility seawater system;
• flushing system;
• ventilation system;
• hydraulic system;
• air, metering and filling piping system.

Life-saving equipment

Life-saving equipment consists of one PSN-10 inflatable life raft or 6DK Viking life raft and life preservers.

Main propulsion plant

Its main propulsion plant comprises two 3D6S2R-08 and 3D6LS2R-08 diesels as main propelling engines with the R-300 hydraulically operated reverse gear. Alternatively, the MAN D2866LXE40 diesels with the 2ZF 325-1 reverse gear can be used as the main engines.

Electric power is supplied by the DGR1A-16/1500-OM4 diesel-generator and GS-16 shaft generator or by two 20 kW SM250 diesel-generators. Control of the main engines is done from a control panel located in the wheelhouse.