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Russian patrol ship Volga
Ivan Susanin-class icebreaking patrol ship / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Volga (Russian: Волга) is a Soviet and later Russian icebreaking patrol ship in service with the Coast Guard of the Border Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation. It is one of eight Project 97P patrol ships built by Admiralty Shipyard in Leningrad in 1973–1981.
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Name | Volga (Волга) |
Namesake | Volga River |
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Builder | Admiralty Shipyard (Leningrad, USSR) |
Yard number | 02656 |
Laid down | 27 February 1979 |
Launched | 19 April 1980 |
Completed | 26 December 1980 |
In service | 1980–present |
Homeport | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky |
Identification | IMO number: 8640246[1] |
Status | In service |
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Class and type | Ivan Susanin-class patrol ship |
Displacement | 3,710 t (3,650 long tons) (full load) |
Length | 70 m (230 ft) |
Beam | 18.1 m (59 ft) |
Draught | 6.5 m (21 ft) |
Installed power | 3 × 13D100 (3 × 1,800 hp) |
Propulsion | Diesel–electric; two shafts (2 × 2,400 hp) |
Speed | 15.4 knots (28.5 km/h; 17.7 mph) |
Range | 10,700 nautical miles (19,800 km; 12,300 mi) at 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
Endurance | 50 days |
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Aviation facilities | Helideck for Kamov Ka-25 or Ka-27 |
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