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Baltic Fleet small ASW ship and Pacific Fleet submarine were renamed

Baltic Fleet small ASW ship and Pacific Fleet submarine were renamed 03.02.2011
Text: RIA Novosti - Northwest
Photo: MPK-192. fun.qip.ru
Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky ordered to rename a Baltic Fleet's small ASW ship and a Pacific Fleet's nuclear-powered submarine; henceforth, they will have names of Urengoi and Tver respectively, reported spokesman for the Navy on Tuesday.

The commander signed an appropriate order on Jan 28.

"In accordance with instructions on naming of Russian warships, Baltic Fleet small ASW ship MPK-192 (Project 1331M) was named after the town of Urengoi; Pacific Fleet nuclear-powered submarine Kasatka (Project 949A) took the name of the city of Tver", said the official.

MPK-192 has full speed of 24.5 knots, fuel range exceeds 2,000 miles; the crew is 80 men; displacement is 935 tons; overall length is 75.2 meters; beam is 9.78 meters; draft is 2.8 meters. Powerplant consists of three diesel engines.

The ship is armed with two launchers of MANPADS Strela-3 or Igla-1 (combat load is 16 antiaircraft guided missiles 9M32M or 9M313), 76-mm gun mount AK-176, six-barreled 30-mm gun mount AK-630M, two coupled 533-mm torpedo tubes, two antisubmarine rocket launchers RBU-6000 Smerch-2.

Project 949A nuclear-powered submarine Kasatka has length of 155 meters; submerged displacement is about 20,000 tons; submerged speed is up to 32 knots; operating depth is 500 meters; crew is about 100 men. The submarine is armed with 24 launchers of P-700 Granit cruise missile system, two 650-mm and four 533-mm torpedo tubes.

Editor's remark

Judging by available information, today's Russian Navy has no submarine with the name of Kasatka. Indeed, Project 949A nuclear-powered submarine K-456 (hull number 649) was named Kasatka while being under construction, although was renamed into Viliuchinsk in 1996. There has been no information that the sub obtained her initial name again.

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