Ob-class hospital ship
{{short description|Russian Navy hospital ships}}
| {{Infobox ship begin
}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:2012-09-14 Севастополь. Плавучий госпиталь "Енисей" (3).jpg | Ship caption = Yenisey moored in Sevastopol on 14 September 2012. }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Name = Ob | Builders = Adolf Warski Shipyard, Poland | Operators = *{{navy|Soviet Union}}
| Class before = | Class after = | Subclasses = | Cost = | Built range = 1978-1988 | In service range = 1980-1990 | In commission range = | Total ships building = | Total ships planned = 5 | Total ships completed = 4 | Total ships cancelled = 1 | Total ships active = 3 | Total ships laid up = | Total ships lost = | Total ships retired = | Total ships preserved = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Ship type = Hospital ship | Ship class = | Ship displacement = * Standard: 11,300 tons | Ship length = {{convert|145.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|19.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = {{convert|6.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = *Zgoda-Sulzer 12ZV40 / 48 diesels
| Ship speed = {{convert|19.8|kn|lk=in}} | Ship range = {{convert|11600|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|14|kn|abbr=on}} | Ship endurance = | Ship boats = 10 lifeboats | Ship capacity = | Ship troops = 300–450 patients | Ship complement = 207 crew | Ship sensors = | Ship EW = | Ship armament = | Ship armor = | Ship aircraft = 1 x Kamov Ka-25 | Ship aircraft facilities = Helipad and hangar | Ship notes = }} |
The Ob class, Soviet designation Project 320, was a class of Soviet Navy hospital ships active in the 1980s. The ships are {{ship|Russian hospital ship|Ob||2}}, {{ship|Russian hospital ship|Yenisey||2}}, {{ship|Russian hospital ship|Svir||2}} and {{ship|Russian hospital ship|Irtysh||2}}.
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the ships became the property of the Russian government, but no sources indicate how the Russian Navy made use of the ships.
Development
The four ships of the Ob-class hospital ships were designed to provide medical and recreational facilities. They were also employed as personnel transports. They have civilian crews but carry uniformed naval medical personnel. The ships are fully equipped with surgical equipment. Later two units are Project 320 II, implying a modification to the basic design; the external differences are minor.{{Cite web|title=Project 320 Ob' Class Hospital Ship|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/320.htm|access-date=2020-10-10|website=www.globalsecurity.org}}{{Cite web|title=Hospital ships - Project 320|url=http://russianships.info/eng/support/project_320.htm|access-date=2020-10-10|website=russianships.info}}
Hospital ship Ob was decommissioned in 1997 and may have been sold to the People's Liberation Army Navy, as it was mentioned{{By whom|date=October 2020}}, a retired Russian hospital ship was purchased in 2007 with plans to restore it for PLAN service as hospital ship.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
= Project 320 =
- Ob (1980-1997)
- Yenisey (1981)
= Project 320 II =
- Svir (1989)
- Irtysh (1990)
Characteristics
The size of the crew when deployed was nominally 124 sailors and 83 members of the medical staff. The on-board hospital has 300 beds, or in the event of an emergency (e.g. evacuation) for a short time up to 650 passengers. There are more than ten therapeutic and diagnostic departments, three operating rooms and one pharmacy. The ship does not carry armaments. At the stern is a landing area and hangar for one search and rescue helicopter type Kamov Ka-25PS or Ka-27PS. The propulsion system consists of two Zgoda-Sulzer 12ZV40 / 48 diesels, each with an output of 7800 hp, driving two propellers. The top speed reaches 19 knots. The range is 10,000 nautical miles at a speed of 16 knots.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
Ship of class
| class="wikitable"
!Name !Laid Down !Launched !Commissioned !Decommissioned !Status | |
| {{ship|Russian hospital ship|Ob | 2}}
|17 August 1978 |12 April 1979 |28 March 1980 |16 August 1997 |Broken up on 13 March 2007 |
| {{ship|Russian hospital ship|Yenisey | 2}}
|10 September 1979 |4 April 1980 |30 January 1981 | |Active{{citation needed|date=May 2022}} |
| {{ship|Russian hospital ship|Svir | 2}}
|1987 |1988 |1989 | |Active{{citation needed|date=May 2022}} |
| {{ship|Russian hospital ship|Irtysh | 2}}
|25 November 1988 |6 July 1989 |31 July 1990 | |Active{{citation needed|date=May 2022}} |
| |
| | | |Cancelled |
Gallery
File:Ob' class hospital ship in 1982.jpeg|Aerial view of Ob underway on 1 April 1982
File:Hospital ship "Yenisey" in 1989 (2).jpeg|Aerial view of {{ship|Russian hospital ship|Yenisey||2}} underway on 5 May 1989
File:Hospital ship "Irtysh" in 1994.jpeg|Aerial starboard side view of the {{ship|Russian hospital ship|Irtysh||2}} underway
See also
References
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