.jpg) Ruslan's sister ship Ivan Susanin photographed on 1 May 1985
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| History | |
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 →  Soviet Union → Russia | |
| Name | Ruslan (Руслан) |
| Namesake | Ruslan from Ruslan and Ludmila |
| Operator | Northern Fleet |
| Builder | Admiralty Shipyard (Leningrad, USSR) |
| Yard number | 02652 |
| Laid down | 26 December 1973 |
| Launched | 28 May 1974 |
| Completed | 26 September 1975 |
| In service | 1975–present |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| 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 |
| Complement |
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| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Armament | |
| Aviation facilities | Helideck for Kamov Ka-25 or Ka-27 |
| Notes | Armament removed |
Ruslan (Russian: Руслан) is a Soviet and later Russian Navy icebreaking patrol ship. It is one of eight Project 97P patrol ships built by Admiralty Shipyard in Leningrad in 1973–1981.
- ^ Kuznetsov, Nikita Anatolyevich (2009), "От "Добрыни Никитича" до "Отто Шмидта": Ледоколы проекта 97 и их модификации", Морская коллекция (in Russian), vol. 8, no. 119, Moscow: Моделист-конструктор