Zhuk-class patrol boat

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Ukrainian patrol boat U120 Skadovsk at Sevastopol Bay, 2004
Class overview
Name	Zhuk class (Project 1400M Grif)
Builders	Almaz Shipbuilding Company, Leningrad More Shipyard PO, Feodosiya Batumi Shipbuilding Factory, Batumi
Operators	see below
General characteristics
Type	Patrol boat
Displacement	39 t (38 LT)
Length	23.8 m (78 ft)
Beam	5 m (16 ft)
Draught	1.1 m (4 ft)
Installed power	Diesel-direct: 2 Type M401B diesels (2 x MTU/CAT; 2 x 1,000 @ 2,300 rpm)
Propulsion	2 shafts
Speed	30 mph
Range	450 nmi (830 km)
Complement	11 (3 officers, 8 enlisted)
Sensors and processing systems	Mius ("Spin Trough") surface search/navigation (range, bearing)
Armament	2 x twin 12.7 mm (0.50 in) guns

The Zhuk-class patrol boat, also known as Project 1400M "Grif", is a small border patrol vessel of less than 40 ton displacement built in the Soviet Union and later in Ukraine. Over 300 boats were built between 1969 and 1991. Out of those, 110 were sold to 23 other countries. Exact numbers are unknown, but they were widely exported by the Soviet Union in addition to use in home waters as harbor patrol. The vessels were excellent for this task thanks to a cheap design for mass production. With only a single simple radar unit and manually-aimed machine guns, they made ideal patrol boats. The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, and the abolition of its primary user the, KGB Maritime Guard, it was taken over by the Russian Federal Coast Guard. By 2007 only 15-20 remained in service with the Russian Navy.^[1]