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SO-1 (310) ASW craft (Iraq)

Country of Origin: Iraq

ship list


 0 COASTAL ANTI-SUBMARINE CRAFT (ex-Soviet SO-1 type)

 Pendant        Status
 310            Stricken
 311            Stricken
 312            Stricken

description

These Soviet-built craft were designed primarily for coastal anti-submarine warfare (ASW) missions. They were flush-deck ships with considerable bow sheer. Four 5-barrel RBU-1200 ASW rocket launchers were mounted near the bow, with a 25-mm twin gun mount forward of the deckhouse and another aft. There were two depth charge...

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