Anyone care to help me identify a ship?

Sledgehammer427 · 05-20-10, 10:05 PM

My girlfriend is doing foreign exchange in Finland (She's keeping a sharp eye out for the ferret-y types, tread carefully Dowly

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and she returned from a Rotary trip from St. Petersburg a couple weeks ago, she just uploaded the pictures (being somewhat of a russophile, I asked her to take pictures of anything I might find interesting)
and she came across this ship...

All I can tell is is that it was made post-1977 (I only have two books that list all of the known ships in the soviet navy and this isn't one of them)
I know the numbers they paint on the hull aren't the identification numbers like we do here in the USA.
I think it's some kind of tender or amphibious support ship.
I did a WHOLE lot of research before it struck me that I'm a SUBSIM.com member.
Anyone want to venture a guess?

05-20-10, 10:05 PM	#1
Sledgehammer427 PacWagon Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Drinking coffee and staring at trees in Massachusetts Posts: 2,908 Downloads: 287 Uploads: 0	Anyone care to help me identify a ship? My girlfriend is doing foreign exchange in Finland (She's keeping a sharp eye out for the ferret-y types, tread carefully Dowly ) and she returned from a Rotary trip from St. Petersburg a couple weeks ago, she just uploaded the pictures (being somewhat of a russophile, I asked her to take pictures of anything I might find interesting) and she came across this ship... All I can tell is is that it was made post-1977 (I only have two books that list all of the known ships in the soviet navy and this isn't one of them) I know the numbers they paint on the hull aren't the identification numbers like we do here in the USA. I think it's some kind of tender or amphibious support ship. I did a WHOLE lot of research before it struck me that I'm a SUBSIM.com member. Anyone want to venture a guess? __________________ Cold Waters Voice Crew - Fire Control Officer Cmdr O. Myers - C/O USS Nautilus (SS-168) 114,000 tons sunk - 4 Spec Ops completed V-boat Nutcase - Need supplies? Japanese garrison on a small island in the way? Just give us a call! D4C!