Russian landing ship Oslyabya
{{Short description|Russian Navy landing ship}}
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Oslyabya ({{langx|ru|Ослябя}}) is a {{sclass2|Ropucha|landing ship}} of the Russian Navy and part of the Pacific Fleet.
Named after the semi-legendary monk and hero of the Battle of Kulikovo Rodion Oslyabya, the ship was built in Poland and launched in 1981. She was named BDK-101 ({{langx|ru|БДК-101}}) for {{langx|ru|Большой десантный корабль|translit=Bolshoy desantnyi korabl'|translation=large landing ship|link=no}}, from her construction until being renamed Oslyabya in 2006. She is one of the subtype of the Ropucha-class landing ships, designated Project 775/II by the Russian Navy.
Construction and commissioning
Oslyabya was built as BDK-101 by Stocznia Północna, part of Gdańsk Shipyard, in Gdańsk, in what was then the Polish People's Republic. She was launched in 1981 and commissioned into the Soviet Navy on 19 December 1981 as part of its Pacific Fleet. She was homeported in Fokino, Primorsky Krai, and with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in late December 1991, she went on to serve in the Russian Navy.{{cite web|url=https://flot.com/nowadays/strength/bdk-101.htm|title=БДК "Ослябя" |publisher=flot.com|accessdate=10 April 2025|language=Russian}}
Career
In service since 1981 as BDK-101, she was renamed Oslyabya on 24 January 2006.{{cite web|url=https://russianships.info/eng/warships/project_775.htm|title= Large landing ships|publisher=russianships.info|accessdate=9 April 2025}} She made several voyages to the Indian Ocean during her career with the Soviet Navy, being deployed there in 1985 and 1986, and evacuating Soviet citizens from Aden during the South Yemen civil war in 1986. She performed a similar role in 1991, when she evacuated Soviet citizens from Nakura, during the final stages of the Eritrean War of Independence. During the late 1990s she operated in Pacific waters, delivering cargo to the Kamchatka Peninsula in 1996, 1997, and 1999. In 1999, she transported military units being withdrawn from the Chukchi Peninsula.{{cite web|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4045395|title=«Ослябя» (БДК-101) |publisher=Kommersant|date=29 July 2019|accessdate=10 April 2025|language=Russian}} In November 2000, there were complaints of bullying and hazing made by BDK-101{{'}}s sailors against warrant officers and contract petty officers, resulting in the opening of a criminal case.
File:Large landing ship Oslyabya lands armored vehicles.jpg
Oslyabya spent spring 2013 with a detachment of the Pacific Fleet, voyaging into the Indian Ocean. She returned to Pacific waters by June, when she carried out a voyage from Vladivostok to Sakhalin, visiting places connected with past exploits of Soviet and Russian forces. She returned to Vladivostok on 8 October, having visited Olga, Preobrazheniye, Nakhodka, and Slavyanka, and having been visted by more than 2,000 people.{{cite web|url=https://function.mil.ru/news_page/world/more.htm?id=11854106@egNews|title=Большой десантный корабль «Ослябя» возвратился из «Похода памяти»|date=8 October 2013|publisher= Ministry of Defence|accessdate=10 April 2025|language=Russian}} She was several times ranked as the best ship of her class in the fleet, and in December 2014, began a refit at the Dalzavod Ship Repair Centre. The refit was completed by March 2017, and she rejoined the fleet. In July that year she visited for Korsakov for exercises and commemorative ceremonies, and September that year she transported the second joint expedition of the Ministry of Defence and the Russian Geographical Society from Matua.{{cite web|url=https://sakhalin.info/news/135148|title=Курсанты большого десантного корабля "Ослябя" почтили в Корсакове память воинов, погибших в годы войны|date=5 July 2017|publisher= sakhalin.info|accessdate=10 April 2025|language=Russian}} A summary of her service by July 2019 noted that she had carried out 15 combat missions, transported more than 35 thousand troops, and travelled more than 112 thousand miles.
In March 2020, she conducted exercises in the Sea of Japan.{{cite web|url=https://function.mil.ru/news_page/world/more.htm?id=12282450@egNews|title=Большой десантный корабль Тихоокеанского флота «Ослябя» провел в Японском море стрельбы по береговым, морским и воздушным целям|date=17 March 2020|publisher= Ministry of Defence|accessdate=10 April 2025|language=Russian}} In October 2024, she conducted exercises off the Kuril Islands.{{cite web|url=https://flot.com/2024/%D0%A2%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%8263/|title=БДК "Ослябя" провел учения у Курильских островов|date=29 October 2024|publisher=flot.com|accessdate=10 April 2025|language=Russian}}{{cite web|url=https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12534742@egNews|title=БДК «Ослябя» Тихоокеанского флота провел учение по организации обороны на незащищенном рейде в районе Курильских островов|date=28 October 2024|publisher= Ministry of Defence|accessdate=10 April 2025|language=Russian}}
References
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Category:Ropucha-class landing ships
Category:Ships built in Gdańsk