Russian landing ship Saratov

	Saratov at Sevastopol in 2007.
History
Russia
Name	BDK-10 (1964-1967); Voronezhsky Komsomolets (1967-1992); BDK-65 (1992-2003); Saratov (2003-2022);
Namesake	Saratov Oblast
Builder	Yantar Shipyard
Yard number	219
Laid down	5 February 1964
Launched	1 July 1964
Commissioned	1966
Homeport	Sevastopol
Identification	Hull number 9 (1966-1968); 447 (1968-1972); 419 (1972-1974); 442 (1974); 405 (1974); 431 (1974); 435 (1974-1982); 136 (1982); 139 (1982-1985); 142 (1985-1990); 150 (1990-present);
Fate	Sunk on 24 March 2022, after being hit by missiles.
General characteristics
Class & type	Tapir-class landing ship
Displacement	3,400 tons standard; 4,360–4,700 tons full load;
Length	112.8–113.1 m (370 ft 1 in – 371 ft 1 in)
Beam	15.3–15.6 m (50 ft 2 in – 51 ft 2 in)
Draft	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 diesels, 2 shafts, 9,000 bhp (6,700 kW)
Speed	16–18 knots (30–33 km/h)
Capacity	1,000 tons
Troops	300–425 troops and 20 tanks, or 40 AFVs, or 1,000 tons
Crew	55
Armament	Missiles: 1 × 122 mm naval Grad bombardment rocket launcher in some, 3 × SA-N-5 SAM positions in some.; Guns: 1 dual 57 mm/70 cal DP, 2 dual 25 mm AA in some.;

Saratov (Russian: Саратов) was a Tapir-class landing ship of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy. She was destroyed on 24 March 2022, while in the port of Berdyansk, after being struck by a Ukrainian missile.

Named Saratov, the ship was built in Kaliningrad and launched in 1964. She was named BDK-10 (Russian: БДК-10) for Russian: Большой десантный корабль, romanized: Bolshoy desantnyi korabl', lit. 'large landing ship', and then renamed Voronezhsky Komsomolets in 1967. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, she was renamed BDK-65 in 1992, and then Saratov in 2003. She is one of the first subtype of the Tapir-class landing ships, designated Project 1171 by the Russian Navy.

History
Saratov at Sevastopol in 2007.
Russia
Name	BDK-10 (1964-1967) Voronezhsky Komsomolets (1967-1992) BDK-65 (1992-2003) Saratov (2003-2022)
Namesake	Saratov Oblast
Builder	Yantar Shipyard
Yard number	219
Laid down	5 February 1964
Launched	1 July 1964
Commissioned	1966
Homeport	Sevastopol
Identification	Hull number 9 (1966-1968) 447 (1968-1972) 419 (1972-1974) 442 (1974) 405 (1974) 431 (1974) 435 (1974-1982) 136 (1982) 139 (1982-1985) 142 (1985-1990) 150 (1990-present)
Fate	Sunk on 24 March 2022, after being hit by missiles.
General characteristics
Class & type	Tapir-class landing ship
Displacement	3,400 tons standard 4,360–4,700 tons full load
Length	112.8–113.1 m (370 ft 1 in – 371 ft 1 in)
Beam	15.3–15.6 m (50 ft 2 in – 51 ft 2 in)
Draft	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 diesels, 2 shafts, 9,000 bhp (6,700 kW)
Speed	16–18 knots (30–33 km/h)
Capacity	1,000 tons
Troops	300–425 troops and 20 tanks, or 40 AFVs, or 1,000 tons
Crew	55
Armament	Missiles: 1 × 122 mm naval Grad bombardment rocket launcher in some, 3 × SA-N-5 SAM positions in some. Guns: 1 dual 57 mm/70 cal DP, 2 dual 25 mm AA in some.