Project 11780

Class overview
Name	Project 11780
Operators	Soviet Navy
Preceded by	Moskva class Khalzan class
Succeeded by	Project 23900
Planned	2
General characteristics
Type	Amphibious assault ship
Displacement	25,000 tons standard
Length	196 m (643 ft 1 in)
Beam	35 m (114 ft 10 in)
Draught	8 m (26 ft 3 in)
Installed power	180000 hp (132.4 MW)
Propulsion	Steam Turbines
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	8,000 miles (13,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Capacity	4 x Ondatra-class landing craft; 2 x Tsaplya-class LCACs;
Armament	1×2 130 mm AK-130 naval gun; 48 (6×8) 3K95 Kinzhal SAM missiles; 2-4 Kashtan CIWSes;
Aircraft carried	Up to 12 military helicopters, mix of:; Kamov Ka-25; Kamov Ka-27; Kamov Ka-29;

Project 11780 Kherson was an unrealized 1980s Soviet LHD program derived from the Kiev-class aircraft carrier design comparable to the US Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship. The ship would have been about 25,000 tons displacement, with steam turbine power plants and carried about 12 helicopters and four Ondatra-class landing craft or two Tsaplya-class LCACs.^[1]