Serna-class landing craft (Project 11770)

Service And Conflict Use

1. Jan 1, 2014

   D-199 enters service

   KCHF lists the Project 11770 air-cavity fast landing craft D-199 as launched in 2012 and commissioned in 2014, showing how late-built hulls still entered Russian service after the class's initial 1990s run.

   Sources: KCHF Project 11770 Serna class

2. May 6, 2022

   Snake Island craft hit by TB2

   Naval News reported that a Bayraktar TB2 strike targeted a Serna-class landing craft berthed at Snake Island and that the craft carried a Tor air-defense system.

   Sources: Naval News TB2 strike on Serna

3. Nov 10, 2023

   Occupied Crimea attack damages two craft

   Defense Express reported that two Project 11770 Serna-class landing craft carrying crew and armored vehicles, including BTR-82 APCs, were damaged in occupied Crimea.

   Sources: Defense Express Crimea landing ships

Serna-class landing craft (Project 11770) Images

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