Russian rescue ship KIL-168
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image= | Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country= Russia | Ship flag= {{Shipboxflag|Russia|naval}} | Ship name=KIL-168 | Ship namesake= | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder=Neptun Werft, Rostock, East Germany | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched=30 September 1989 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned=5 October 1990 | Ship decommissioned= | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship identification={{IMO Number|9030175}}{{cite web |url= http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?mmsi=-9030175 |title=KIL 168 - Details and Position |work=marinetraffic.com |year=2012 |accessdate=15 October 2012}} | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship captured= | Ship fate= | Ship status= {{Ship in active service | 2012}} | Ship notes= | Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Ship class= Kashtan-class large mooring/buoy tender | Ship type= | Ship tonnage= | Ship displacement=*{{Convert|4200|LT|t|0|lk=on|abbr=on}} standard
| Ship length= {{Convert|97.83|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship beam= {{Convert|18.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | Ship draught= {{Convert|5.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship hold depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ice class= | Ship power= | Ship propulsion=* Diesel-electric
| Ship speed= {{Convert|13.5|kn|lk=in}} | Ship range= {{Convert|2000|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{Convert|11|kn|abbr=on}} | Ship endurance=45 days | Ship boats= | Ship capacity= | Ship complement=47 | Ship sensors=MR-201 navigation radar | Ship EW= | Ship armament= | Ship armour= | Ship aircraft= | Ship aircraft facilities= | Ship notes= }} |
KIL-168 is a Project 141 (NATO reporting name: Kashtan class) large mooring/buoy tender of the Russian Navy, built by the Neptun Werft Shipyard in Rostock, East Germany, launched on 30 September 1989, and commissioned on 5 October 1990.
The Kashtan class tenders were developed from the Sura class, and are equipped with a 100-ton heavy lift gantry at the stern.{{cite web |url= http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/ukraine/kashtan.htm |title=Kashtan Class Large Mooring/Buoy Tenders |work=globalsecurity.org |year=2012 |accessdate=15 October 2012}}
KIL-168 is attached to the 34th Rescue Ships Brigade, Pacific Fleet and based at Vladivostok.{{cite web |url= http://warfare.be/db/linkid/1720/catid/243/base/1011/ |title=34th Rescue Ships Bde |work=Russian Military Analysis |year=2012 |accessdate=15 October 2012}} In August 2005, it served as support in the rescue of the DSRV AS-28 after it became tangled in underwater antenna cables.
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Category:Auxiliary ships of the Russian Navy
Category:Auxiliary ships of the Soviet Navy
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