Kashtan-class salvage vessel
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = SS-750 with its submersible.jpg | Ship caption = SS-750 with its submersible in the Strait of Baltiysk }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Name = Kashtan class | Builders = Neptun Werft, Rostock, East Germany | Operators = *{{navy|Soviet Union}} (former)
| Class before = | Class after = | Subclasses = | Cost = | Built range = | In service range = | In commission range = | Total ships building = | Total ships planned = | Total ships completed = 8 | Total ships cancelled = | Total ships active = | Total ships laid up = | Total ships lost = | Total ships retired = | Total ships preserved = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = Salvage vessel/ Submersible support | Ship displacement = * 4,200 tons standard
| Ship length = {{cvt|97.83|m|ftin}} | Ship beam = {{cvt|18.20|m|ftin}} | Ship draught = {{cvt|5.70|m|ftin}} | Ship propulsion = 2 × {{cvt|1500|hp}} diesel-electric motors, 2 fixed pitch propellers, 1 bow thruster, 5 × 775 kW diesel generators | Ship speed = {{convert|13.5|kn}} | Ship range = {{convert|2,000|nmi|lk=in}} at {{cvt|11|kn}} | Ship complement = 47 | Ship sensors = | Ship EW = | Ship armament = }} |
The Project 141, (NATO reporting name Kashtan class) is a class of salvage vessel/submersible support built at Rostock's Neptun Werft in East Germany for the Soviet Navy.{{cite book |first=Stephen |last=Saunders |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2005 - 2006 |publisher=Jane’s Information Group |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-7106-2692-9}}
In total, eight ships of this type were commissioned from 1988 to 1990.{{Cite web |url=http://russianships.info/eng/support/project_141.htm |title=Mooring-buoy tender - Project 141 |website=Russianships.info |access-date=2023-08-29}} The ships became part of the Russian Navy after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The stern has a crane capable of lifting 100 tons with which a {{sclass2|Priz|deep-submergence rescue vehicle}} (DSRV) can be launched and recovered.
Operations
In June 2014 it was reported that SS-750 had participated in sea trials in the Baltic Sea of a Bester-1 submersible.{{cite press release|url= https://flot.com/news/navy/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=166603 |website=flot.com |title= На Балтийском флоте испытывают глубоководный аппарат "Бестер-1" |publisher=Russia's Ministry of Defence |date=2014-06-03 |lang=ru|trans-title=The Baltic Fleet is testing the Bester-1 deep-sea submersible |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628173600/https://flot.com/news/navy/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=166603 |archive-date=2014-06-28 |url-status=dead}}
On 6 September 2022 Russia's Ministry of Defence informed that SS-750 had participated in sea trials in the Baltic Sea of two new, improved Kilo-class submarines{{cite press release |url=https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12437225@egNews |website= function.mil.ru |title= Силы Балтийского флота обеспечивают погружение ДЭПЛ "Уфа" и "Кронштадт" в Балтийском море |date=2022-09-06 |access-date=2023-08-30 |lang=ru}} and on 6 October there was again news of SS-750 having participated in sea trials in the Baltic Sea, this time with a single submarine.{{Cite web|title=Новая "Варшавянка" погрузилась почти на 200 метров в Балтийском море|url=https://flotprom.ru/2022/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B815/ |website=flotprom.ru |date=2022-10-06 |access-date=2023-08-29 |language=ru}}
In April 2023 the Danish Defence Command confirmed that on 22 September 2022 SS-750 and the Priz-class submersible {{ship|Russian submarine|AS-26||2}} that it can launch were among six Russian Navy ships operating in the area where four days later the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage occurred.{{cite news|url= https://www.information.dk/indland/2023/04/forsvaret-bekraefter-rusland-specialfartoej-naer-nord-streams-spraengningspunkt |website= information.dk |title= Forsvaret bekræfter: Rusland havde specialfartøj nær Nord Streams sprængningspunkt |language=da |first1= Bo |last1= Elkjær |first2= Sebastian |last2= Gjerding |date= 2023-04-28 |access-date=2023-08-27 |trans-title= Defence confirms: Russia had specialized vessel near Nord Stream point of explosion}}{{Cite news |last=Camut |first=Nicolas |date=2023-04-28 |title=Russian ship spotted near Nord Stream pipelines days before sabotage: Reports |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-military-ship-spotted-near-nord-stream-pipelines-days-before-blast/ |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=Politico |language=en}}
Ships
These are the eight Kashtan-class ships:
Gallery
File:KIL-158 2012 G2.jpg|KIL-158 in 2012 in Yuzhnaya Bay, Sevastopol, the Black Sea
File:June 2020 Baltic Fleet submarine rescue exercise - Kashtan-class SS-750 launching AS-26 DSRV.jpg|SS-750 launching the submersible AS-26
File:Килекторное_судно_КИЛ-158.jpg|KIL-158 at sea
File:КИЛ-927 в Дальзаводе.JPG|KIL-927 in Vladivostok
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/2746817 SS-750] at shipspotting.com
- {{YouTube|_rt89RWNf_0|SS-750 and its submersible AS-26 in a rescue exercise}}
Category:Auxiliary ships of the Soviet Navy
Category:Ships built in Rostock