Ivan Susanin-class patrol ship
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Russian Coast Guard Project 97P border patrol icebreaker Volga
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Class overview | |
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Builders | Admiralty Shipyard, Leningrad |
Operators |
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Succeeded by |
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Built | 1972–1981 |
In commission | 1973–1981 |
Completed | 8 |
Active | 4 |
Retired | 4 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Patrol vessel |
Displacement | 3,400 tons full load |
Length | 70 m (229 ft 8 in) |
Beam | 18.3 m (60 ft 0 in) |
Draught | 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in) |
Propulsion | 2 shaft diesel electric 4,800 hp (3,600 kW) |
Speed | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) |
Range | 13,000 nmi (24,000 km; 15,000 mi) at 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) |
Complement | 140 |
Sensors and processing systems | Radar: 2 x Don Kay, 1 Strut Curve, 1 Owl Screech |
Armament |
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Aviation facilities | Helicopter pad |
The Ivan Susanin class is a group of icebreaker patrol ships operated by the Russian maritime border guard. The Soviet designation is Project 97P. The ships are also known as the Aysberg-class patrol icebreakers.
Design[]
These ships are modified versions of the Project 97 icebreakers. They are armed with a twin 76 mm (3 in) gun mounting forward and two AK-630 guns aft as well as having a helicopter pad and surveillance radar. The two 30 mm guns are controlled by two SP-521 Kolonka-2 ring sight .
Ships[]
Eight ships were built between 1972 and 1981 by the Admiralty Shipyard in Leningrad. Four have been retired and four remain operational as of 2018.
Name | Builders | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Status | Fleet |
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Ivan Susanin | Admiralty Shipyard | 31 July 1972 | 28 February 1973 | 30 December 1973 | Active | Pacific |
Aysberg | Admiralty Shipyard | 17 October 1973 | 27 April 1974 | 25 December 1974 | Decommissioned in 2006 | |
Ruslan | Admiralty Shipyard | 26 December 1973 | 28 May 1974 | 26 September 1975 | Active | Northern |
Anadyr (ex-Dnepr, ex-Imeni XXV syezda KPSS) |
Admiralty Shipyard | 16 July 1975 | 14 February 1976 | 30 September 1976 | Decommissioned in 2015 | |
Dunay | Admiralty Shipyard | 24 December 1976 | 5 August 1977 | 31 December 1977 | Decommissioned in 2017 | |
Neva | Admiralty Shipyard | 23 November 1977 | 28 July 1978 | 27 December 1978 | Active | Pacific[1] |
Volga | Admiralty Shipyard | 27 December 1979 | 19 April 1980 | 26 December 1980 | Active | Pacific[1] |
Murmansk (ex-Imeni XXVI syezda KPSS, ex-Irtysh) |
Admiralty Shipyard | 22 April 1980 | 3 July 1981 | 25 December 1981 | Decommissioned in 2013 |
See also[]
References[]
- Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. London: Conway Maritime. ISBN 0-85177-605-1. OCLC 34284130. Also published as Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7. OCLC 34267261.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aysberg class border guard ship. |
- (in Russian) Warships.ru
- (in English) Hazegray.org
- (in English) All Ivan Susanin class icebreakers - Complete Ship List
Categories:
- Corvette classes
- Corvettes of the Soviet Navy
- Corvettes of the Border Guard Service of Russia
- Icebreakers of the Soviet Union
- Auxiliary icebreaker classes