Project 23470 tugboat

{{Short description|Russian tug boat class}}

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|Name=Project 23470

|Builders=Yaroslavl Shipyard

|Operators={{navy|Russia}}

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|Built range=2014–present

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|In commission range=2020–present

|Total ships building=2

|Total ships planned=6{{Cite web|url=https://russianships.info/eng/support/project_23470.htm|title=Project 23470|website=russianships.info|access-date=21 April 2024}}

|Total ships completed=5

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|Total ships active=3

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|Ship type=Tugboat

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|Ship displacement=*2,656 tons (standard load)

  • 3,401.5 tons (full load){{Cite web|url=https://www.kchf.ru/eng/ship/auxiliary/sergey_balk.htm|title=Seagoing Tug Sergey Balk|access-date=21 April 2024|website=kchf.ru}}

|Ship length={{convert|69.75|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship beam={{convert|15|m|abbr=on}}

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|Ship draught={{convert|5.11|m|abbr=on}}

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|Ship propulsion=*3 x 2850 kW diesel-generators

  • 2 x azipods
  • 2 x bow thrusters

|Ship speed={{convert|14|kn|km/h mph|abbr=on}}

|Ship range={{convert|3000|nmi|km mi|abbr=on}}

|Ship endurance=30 days

|Ship capacity=*300 tons

|Ship complement=33

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|Ship aircraft facilities=1 x helipad

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Project 23470 is a series of seagoing tugboats developed by the Baltsudoproekt Central Design Bureau being built for the Russian Navy, intended to perform a variety of tasks including towing vessels, escorting vessels, extinguishing fires, and refloating vessels.{{Cite web|url=https://marinetec.com/en/novosti-obshchie/otgruzheny-sistemy-vozdukhopodgotovki-dlya-buksira-proekta-23470/|title=Shipment of air handling systems for a tugboat, project 23470|access-date=21 April 2024|website=marinetec.com|date=12 October 2016 }}

Ships

class="wikitable"
Name

! Builder

! Laid down

! Launched

! Commissioned

! Fleet

! Status

Sergey Balk

| Yaroslavl Shipyard

| 30 October 2014

| 27 December 2016

| 21 February 2020

| Black Sea Fleet

| Active

Andrey Stepanov

| Yaroslavl Shipyard

| 23 July 2015

| 29 June 2017

| June 2020

| Pacific Fleet

| Active{{Cite web|url=https://navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/2020/june/8633-acceptance-certificate-of-sea-tugboat-andrey-stepanov-of-project-23470-is-signed.html|title=Acceptance certificate of sea tugboat Andrey Stepanov of project 23470 is signed|access-date=21 April 2024|website=navyrecognition.com}}

Kapitan Nayden

| Yaroslavl Shipyard

| 9 November 2016

| 28 November 2019

| 21 August 2022

| Black Sea Fleet

| Active{{Cite web|url=https://www.kchf.ru/eng/ship/auxiliary/kapitan_nayden.htm|title=Seagoing Tug Kapitan Nayden|website=kchf.ru|access-date=21 April 2024}}

Kapitan Sergeev

| Yaroslavl Shipyard

| 2016

| 14 May 2021

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| Launched

Kapitan Ushakov

| Yaroslavl Shipyard

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| 14 June 2022

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| Launched

| Yaroslavl Shipyard

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| Laid down

Vladimir Kovalev

| Yaroslavl Shipyard

| 2 September 2024

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| Laid down{{Cite web|url=https://flotprom.ru/2024/%D0%92%D0%BC%D1%8430/|title=В Ярославле заложили еще один морской буксир проекта 23470|date=2 September 2024|website=flotprom.ru|language=ru}}

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