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Don class submarine tender

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Name
  
Don class

Built
  
1958-61

Builders
  
Nikolayev Shipyard

In commission
  
1961-89?

Don-class submarine tender

Operators
  
Soviet Navy  Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL)

Succeeded by
  
Ugra-class submarine tender

The Don-class submarine tender was the NATO reporting name for a group of submarine tenders built for the Soviet Navy in the late 1950s. The Soviet designation was Project 310 Batur.

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Design

The class were designed to support Soviet submarines on distant operations. They had significant self-defence armament and contained numerous workshops

Ships

7 ships were built for the Soviet Navy and one ship was exported to Indonesia

The Soviet ships were mostly named after submarine commanders killed in World War II:

  • Dmitriy Galkin, named after Dmitriy Galkin
  • Fyodor Vidyaev, named after Fyodor Vidyayev
  • Kamchatskiy Komsomolets
  • Magomed Gadzhiev, named after Magomet Gadzhiyev
  • Magdanskiy Komsomolets
  • Viktor Kotelnikov named after Viktor Kotelnikov

    • References

    Don-class submarine tender Wikipedia
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