Project 12061 Murena is a Soviet/Russian medium air-cushion landing craft family for moving troops, vehicles, or naval mines across shallow coastal approaches and onto unprepared beaches. Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau designed the class, Khabarovsk Shipyard built the Soviet/Russian Project 12061 and export Project 12061E boats, and the export line includes the South Korean Solgae 621 craft.
Murena sits between small landing boats and the much larger Project 12322 Zubr in the Soviet/Russian air-cushion craft lineage. Public sources reviewed for this entry document production, export, payload, and service context, but do not directly tie Murena to a specific armed conflict.
Eight Project 12061 boats are listed from Khabarovsk production between 1985 and 1992.
Three Project 12061E Murena-E craft are listed for South Korea as the Solgae 621 type.
Almaz sources list Murena-E alongside Project 12322 Zubr as part of the bureau's air-cushion vessel portfolio.
Open sources separate the domestic Project 12061 Murena boats from the Project 12061E Murena-E export craft. Both are treated here as the same Murena/Tsaplya air-cushion landing-craft family.
| Variant | Configuration | Designation notes |
|---|---|---|
| Project 12061 Murena | Soviet/Russian air-cushion landing craft | RussianShips.info lists eight baseline Project 12061 craft built at Khabarovsk Shipyard for Soviet and Russian service. Sources: Project 12061 - RussianShips.info |
| Project 12061E Murena-E | Export air-cushion landing craft | RussianShips.info lists three Project 12061E export boats built at Khabarovsk Shipyard for South Korean service. Sources: Project 12061 - RussianShips.info |
RussianShips.info lists D-453 as the first completed Project 12061 Murena craft, commissioned from Khabarovsk production on 28 November 1985.
The same ship list records eight baseline Project 12061 boats from the Khabarovsk yard, with D-143 commissioned on 24 July 1992.
RussianShips.info lists the first Project 12061E Murena-E export craft as commissioned in September 2005; its export section identifies the three boats as South Korea's Solgae 621 type.
Rosoboronexport named the Murena-E Project 12061E landing craft among naval products promoted at Euronaval 2014.
