Vasiliy Pronchishchev (icebreaker)

History
Soviet Union
Name	Ledokol-1 (Ледокол-1) (1961–1966) Vasiliy Pronchischev (Василий Прончищев) (1966–1989)
Namesake	Vasili Pronchishchev
Owner	Northern Shipping Company [ru]
Port of registry	Arkhangelsk, Soviet Union
Builder	Admiralty Shipyard (Leningrad, USSR)
Yard number	762
Laid down	13 December 1960
Launched	28 April 1961
Completed	30 December 1961
Decommissioned	1989
In service	1961–1989
Identification	IMO number: 6500765[1]
Fate	Broken up
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Dobrynya Nikitich-class icebreaker
Displacement	2,935 t (2,889 long tons)
Length	67.7 m (222 ft)
Beam	18 m (59 ft)
Draught	5.35 m (17.6 ft)
Depth	8.3 m (27.2 ft)[3]
Installed power	3 × 13D100 (3 × 1,800 hp)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric; three shafts (2 × 2,400 hp + 1,600 hp)
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Range	5,700 nautical miles (10,600 km; 6,600 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Endurance	17 days
Complement	42

Vasiliy Pronchishchev (Russian: Василий Прончищев) was a Soviet icebreaker in service from 1961 until 1989. It was the first of twelve Project 97A icebreakers built by Admiralty Shipyard in Leningrad in 1961–1971.