Ivan Susanin class icebreaker
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The Ivan Susanin
class are a group of icebreaker
Patrol ships operated by the Russian maritime border guard
. The Soviet designation is Project 97P. The ships are also known as the Aysberg class patrol ice breakers.
class civilian icebreaker. They are armed with a twin 76mm gun mounting forward and two AK630 CIWS guns aft as well as having a helicopter pad and surveillance radar.
, Leningrad - 6 are operational and two have been retired.
Ivan Susanin
Ivan Susanin was a Russian folk hero and martyr of the early 17th century's Time of Troubles.-Evidence:In 1619, a certain Bogdan Sobinin from Domnino village near Kostroma received from Tsar Mikhail one half of Derevischi village. According to the extant royal charter, these lands were granted...
class are a group of icebreaker
Icebreaker
An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ships, it may also refer to smaller vessels .For a ship to be considered an icebreaker, it requires three traits most...
Patrol ships operated by the Russian maritime border guard
Border Guard Service of Russia
The Border Service of Russia , also called the Border Force of Russia is a branch of Federal Security Service of Russia tasked with patrol of the Russian border. In English, the terms "Border Guards" and "Border Troops" are frequently used to designate this service...
. The Soviet designation is Project 97P. The ships are also known as the Aysberg class patrol ice breakers.
Design
These ships are modified versions of the Dobrynya NikitichDobrynya Nikitich
Dobrynya Nikitich is one of the most popular bogatyrs after Ilya Murometz from the Kievan Rus era. Many byliny center on Dobrynya completing tasks set him by the prince. Dobrynya is often portrayed as being close to the royal family, undertaking sensitive and diplomatic missions.As a courtier,...
class civilian icebreaker. They are armed with a twin 76mm gun mounting forward and two AK630 CIWS guns aft as well as having a helicopter pad and surveillance radar.
Ships
Eight ships were built between 1975 and 1981 by Admiralty yardAdmiralty Shipyard
The Admiralty Shipyard is one of the oldest and largest shipyards in Russia, located in Saint Petersburg. The shipyard's building ways can accommodate ships of up to , 250 meters in length and 35 meters in width...
, Leningrad - 6 are operational and two have been retired.
- Aysberg - 1974 based in the Pacific
- Dunaii - 1977 based in the Pacific
- Imeni XXVI S'yezda KPSS (renamed Murmansk) - 1978, Northern Fleet
- Ivan Susanin - operated by the Russian Navy as a support ship
- Neva
- Ruslan
- Volga - 1980 Pacific
- Sadko
- Vladimir Karvaiyski