Russian patrol ship Vasily Bykov

For other uses, see Vasily Bykov.

Vasily Bykov at the Novorossiysk Naval Base [ru] in Novorossiysk in 2022
History
RussiaRussia
NameVasily Bykov
BuilderZelenodolsk Shipyard
Laid down26 February 2014
Launched28 August 2017
Commissioned20 December 2018
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeProject 22160
Complement80
Armament
  • 1 × 76.2 mm AK-176MA automatic dual-purpose gun[1]
  • 2 × 14.5 mm MTPU machineguns
  • DP-65 10 barreled anti-saboteur automatic grenade launcher system
  • DP-64 2 barreled anti-saboteur grenade launcher system
  • A variety of module containers including weapon modules containing 324 mm Paket-NK torpedoes,[2] 3M24, Kalibr-NK cruise missiles and 9M331M surface-to-air missiles[3]
Aircraft carried1 x Ka-27 or Ka-226

Vasily Bykov (Russian: Василий Быков) is a project 22160 patrol ship of the Russian Navy, of which it was the first ship built.[4] It was laid down on 26 February 2014 on the Zelenodolsk Shipyard at Zelenodolsk in Tatarstan, Russia,[5] and launched on 28 August 2017.[4] Vasily Bykov was commissioned on 20 December 2018 in the Novorossiysk Naval Base [ru] at Novorossiysk, becoming part of the Black Sea Fleet.[6]

  1. ^ "Завершены полигонные испытания модернизированной корабельной артиллерийской установки АК-176МА" [Field tests of the modernized shipborne artillery mount AK-176MA completed]. Bmpd.livejournal.com. 3 March 2017. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Проект 22160" [Project 22160]. balancer.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Tor-2MKM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Ptichkin, Sergey (2 July 2018). "Меняет оружие на ходу" [Change weapons on the go]. Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). Archived from the original on 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Заложен патрульный корабль "Василий Быков"" [Patrol ship "Vasily Bykov" laid down]. bmpd.livejournal.com (in Russian). 27 February 2022. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  6. ^ "В состав Черноморского флота приняты патрульный корабль "Василий Быков" и спасательное буксирное судно "Капитан Гурьев"" [The Black Sea Fleet received the patrol ship "Vasily Bykov" and the rescue tugboat "Captain Guryev"]. Telekanal "ZVEZDA" (in Russian). 20 December 2018. Archived from the original on 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.