Kashtan-class salvage vessel
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The Project 141, (NATO reporting name Kashtan class) is a class of salvage vessel/submersible support built at Rostock's Neptun Werft in East Germany for the Soviet Navy.[1]
SS-750 with its submersible in the Strait of Baltiysk | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Kashtan class |
| Builders | Neptun Werft, Rostock, East Germany |
| Operators |
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| Completed | 8 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Salvage vessel/ Submersible support |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 97.83 m (321 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 18.20 m (59 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 5.70 m (18 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 × 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) diesel-electric motors, 2 fixed pitch propellers, 1 bow thruster, 5 × 775 kW diesel generators |
| Speed | 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) |
| Range | 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement | 47 |
In total, eight ships of this type were commissioned from 1988 to 1990.[2] The ships became part of the Russian Navy after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The stern has a crane capable of lifting 100 tons with which a Priz-class deep-submergence rescue vehicle (DSRV) can be launched and recovered.[1]
Operations
In June 2014 it was reported that SS-750 had participated in sea trials in the Baltic Sea of a Bester-1 submersible.[3]
On 6 September 2022 Russia's Ministry of Defence informed that SS-750 had participated in sea trials in the Baltic Sea of two new, improved Kilo-class submarines[4] and on 6 October there was again news of SS-750 having participated in sea trials in the Baltic Sea, this time with a single submarine.[5]
In April 2023 the Danish Defence Command confirmed that on 22 September 2022 SS-750 and the Priz-class submersible AS-26 that it can launch were among six Russian Navy ships operating in the area where four days later the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage occurred.[6][7]
Ships
These are the eight Kashtan-class ships:[2]
| Name | Yard number | Launched | Commissioned | Fleet | New name | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIL-926 | 141/1465 | 1986-11-29 | 1988-06-27 | Baltic | Alexandr Pushkin (from 1999-05-27) | Active as of 2014[update][8] |
| KIL-927 | 142/1468 | 1987-10-06 | 1988-11-23 | Pacific | Active as of 2021[update][9] | |
| KIL-143 | 143/1469 | 1988-01-20 | 1989-02-28 | Northern | Active as of 2006[update][10] | |
| KIL-158 | 144/1470 | 1988-04-29 | 1989-06-30 | Black Sea (Baltic before 1989-11-08) | Active as of 2020[update][11] | |
| KIL-164 | 145/1471 | 1988-02-09 | 1989-10-20 | Northern | Active as of 2016[update][12] | |
| KIL-498 | 146/1476 | 1988-12-20 | 1990-02-28 | Pacific | Active as of 2019[update][13] | |
| KIL-140 | 147/1477 | 1989-06-16 | 1990-06-30 | Baltic | SS-750 (from September 1995) | Active as of 2022[update][6] |
| KIL-168 | 148/1478 | 1989-09-30 | 1990-10-05 | Pacific (Black Sea before) | Active as of 2016[update][14] |
Gallery
SS-750 launching the submersible AS-26
KIL-158 at sea
KIL-927 in Vladivostok
See also
References
External links
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