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.

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