Russian patrol ship Volga

Volga in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in 2007
History
Soviet Union → Russia
NameVolga (Волга)
NamesakeVolga River
Operator
BuilderAdmiralty Shipyard (Leningrad, USSR)
Yard number02656
Laid down27 February 1979
Launched19 April 1980
Completed26 December 1980
In service1980–present
HomeportPetropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
IdentificationIMO number8640246[1]
StatusIn service
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeIvan Susanin-class patrol ship
Displacement3,710 t (3,650 long tons) (full load)
Length70 m (230 ft)
Beam18.1 m (59 ft)
Draught6.5 m (21 ft)
Installed power3 × 13D100 (3 × 1,800 hp)
PropulsionDiesel–electric; two shafts (2 × 2,400 hp)
Speed15.4 knots (28.5 km/h; 17.7 mph)
Range10,700 nautical miles (19,800 km; 12,300 mi) at 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Endurance50 days
Complement
  • 10 officers
  • 113 crew
Sensors and
processing systems
  • MR-302 Rubka ("Strut Curve") surface and air-search radar
  • MR-105 Turel ("Hawk Screech") fire-control radar
Armament
Aviation facilitiesHelideck for Kamov Ka-25 or Ka-27

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.

  1. ^ "Volga (8640246)". Sea-web. S&P Global. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. ^ 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