Polnocny-class landing ship

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Polnocny-C
Class overview
Name	Polnochny
Builders	Stocznia Północna shipyard at Gdańsk, (Poland), Stocznia Marynarki Wojennej at Gdynia, Poland
Operators	Algerian National Navy  Azerbaijani Navy  Syrian Arab Navy  Vietnam People's Navy
Succeeded by	Ropucha class Lublin-class minelayer-landing ship
Subclasses	Polnocny-A (Type 770); Polnocny-B (Type 771); Polnocny-C (Type 773); Modified Polnocny-C (Type 776); Polnocny-D (Type 773U); NS-722; Kumbhir-class tank landing ship
In commission	1967
Completed	108
Active	9
General characteristics
Type	Landing ship, tank
Displacement	834 tons full load (Polnocny-B)
Length	73 m (239 ft 6 in)
Beam	9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught	2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	2 Soviet Kolomna 40-D two stroke diesels, 2 shafts, 4,400 bhp
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h)
Range	1,000 nmi (2,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)
Capacity	12 BMP-2 4 Main battle tanks 250 tons
Troops	250
Complement	41
Armament	Strela 2(SA-N-5) surface-to-air missile system (4 launchers) 30 mm AK-230 air defence gun (2 or 4 twin mounts) 140 mm Ogon 18-barreled rocket launcher(2)

The Polnocny (or Polnochny)-class ships are amphibious warfare vessels. They were designed in Poland, in cooperation with the Soviet Navy and were built in Poland between 1967 and 2002. They now serve in several different navies, and some have been converted to civilian use. The name comes from the Stocznia Północna shipyard (Northern Shipyard) at Gdańsk, where they were built. 107 were built by 1986 (last 16 by Stocznia Marynarki Wojennej (Naval Shipyard) at Gdynia, Poland). In 2002, one ship of a modernised design NS-722 was built in Gdynia for Yemen.