Manufacturer catalog

Azovskiy Shipyard

Azovskiy Shipyard is the Azov, Rostov Oblast shipyard officially presented as AO Azovskaya Sudoverf, a long-running Russian small-vessel construction and ship-repair enterprise. Its catalog relevance comes from Soviet and Russian Project 1176 Akula/Ondatra landing craft, where naval references identify Azov/Azovskiy as one of the yards that built the class.

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The yard traces its public company history to 1928 and describes itself as one of the oldest shipbuilding and ship-repair enterprises in southern Russia. Its official English page says the plant moved from wooden fishing vessels into metal vessels such as seiners, tugboats, storm boats, and oil skimmers, and later specialized in custom small vessels and ship repair after becoming part of the Azov port.

For defense catalog purposes, Azovskiy Shipyard is most important as a Project 1176 production yard rather than as a modern prime contractor. RussianShips.info groups a long sequence of Project 1176 / 1176E landing craft under Azov Shipyard, starting with D-335 in 1971 and extending through post-Soviet hulls such as D-182 and D-185. KCHF and ODIN likewise list Azovskiy Shipyard alongside Rybinsk and Vladivostok as producers of the Ondatra-class landing craft.

Small vessel constructionShip repairOil skimmers and service craftHistorical landing-craft production

Notable Systems

Ondatra-class landing craft (Project 1176), Landing craft mechanized, Naval Systems

Ondatra-class landing craft (Project 1176)

Landing craft mechanized

KCHF and ODIN identify Azovskiy Shipyard as one of the yards that built the Project 1176 Akula/Ondatra landing craft; RussianShips.info lists multiple Project 1176 hulls under Azov Shipyard, including D-335 and later hulls in the 4000-series yard-number sequence.

Sources: Landing Craft D-106 - Project 1176 / Ondatra Class, Landing craft - Project 1176, 1176E, Ondatra-Class

Manufacturer History

  1. Shipyard founded

    The official English company page says Azov Shipyard CJSC was established in 1928 and describes it as one of the oldest shipbuilding and ship-repair enterprises in southern Russia.

    Sources: Official English website

  2. Project 1176 sequence begins at Azov

    RussianShips.info places D-335, yard number 4001, under Azov Shipyard and lists its commissioning date as December 1, 1971, tying the yard to the start of the Project 1176 landing-craft production sequence.

    Sources: Landing craft - Project 1176, 1176E

  3. Late Project 1176 hull listed

    RussianShips.info lists D-185, yard number 4034, under Azov Shipyard with a December 30, 2000 commissioning date, showing that public hull tables associate the yard with both Soviet-era and post-Soviet Project 1176 craft.

    Sources: Landing craft - Project 1176, 1176E

  4. Official site describes current small-vessel work

    The official shipbuilding page says the yard's current direction is custom small vessels, yachts, and oil skimmers, and notes that two suction dredges were built at the plant in 2008.

    Sources: Shipbuilding

Website links
Official English websiteOfficial contact pageProject 1176 reference

Public English sources use both Azovskiy Shipyard and Azov Shipyard for the Azov, Rostov Oblast yard, while the official Russian pages use AO Azovskaya Sudoverf. Search results also surface a separate Mariupol, Ukraine ship-repair enterprise called Azov Shipyard or Azov Ship-Repair Yard; the Azov, Rostov Oblast yard is treated separately here. HeadquartersLocation is omitted because a reliable source supports the address, but no independent coordinates were added.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Official English websitePublisher: Azov Shipyard | Note: Supports the 1928 founding date, southern Russia shipbuilding and ship-repair identity, historical vessel-production context, and present small-vessel and ship-repair focus. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • ShipbuildingPublisher: Azov Shipyard | Note: Supports the official current shipbuilding focus on custom small vessels, yachts, oil skimmers, production facilities, and the 2008 suction-dredge milestone. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Ship repairPublisher: Azov Shipyard | Note: Supports official ship-repair capability, Russian Maritime and River Register recognition, and lift and dock capacity. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Official contact pagePublisher: Azov Shipyard | Note: Supports the legal-name context for AO Azovskaya Sudoverf and the Azov, Rostov Oblast contact address used for headquarters. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Landing craft - Project 1176, 1176EPublisher: RussianShips.info | Note: Supports Project 1176 / 1176E hull tables that group multiple landing craft under Azov Shipyard, including D-335 in 1971 and D-185 in 2000. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Landing Craft D-106 - Project 1176 / Ondatra ClassPublisher: KCHF.RU | Note: Supports the Project 1176 Ondatra-class overview, producer list naming Azovskiy Shipyard, Rybinsk Shipyard, and Vladivostok Shipyard, and baseline landing-craft specifications. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Ondatra-ClassPublisher: ODIN / U.S. Army TRADOC | Note: Supports independent defense-reference context for the Ondatra-class landing craft and its listed production yards, including Azovskiy Shipyard. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Naval Systems

Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.

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Ondatra-class landing craft (Project 1176), Landing craft mechanized, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarOndatra-class landing craft (Project 1176)Landing craft mechanizedBuilt in: RussiaThe Ondatra-class landing craft, Soviet Project 1176 Akula, is a small mechanized landing craft built around an open cargo deck, bow ramp, and shallow-draft hull for short-range amphibious transport. Soviet and Russian shipyards produced the class from 1971 to 2009, with sources documenting a 24-meter craft able to carry a tank, trucks, troops, or 50 tons of cargo and wartime losses in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.