Pacific Fleet's anti-piracy task force to visit Malaysia

22.10.2009
Pacific Fleet's task force composed of LAWS Admiral Tributs, rescue tug MB-99 and tanker Boris Butoma will pay business visit to Malaysian port Klang on Oct 22-26, says Pacific Fleet Press Service.

It is planned to hold meetings between command of the task force and Malaysian Navy leaders along with Klang authorities. Officials of Russian embassy in Malaysia will come aboard AWS Admiral Tributs. The crews are to see the sights of the city, visit Malaysian capital-city Kuala Lumpur, and play a soccer game against Malaysian mariners on Oct 26.

At the same day Russian ships will head for Vladivostok.

Pacific Fleet's task force under command of Rear Admiral Sergei Alekminsky have completed anti-piracy watch in the Gulf of Aden; the unit had left fleet's main base on June 29 and reached destination on July 29.

According to the RN spokesman, in the nearest future the next task unit of Russian ships is to be sent to Horn of Africa zone and the Gulf of Aden.

Since Oct 2008 till Jan 2009 the Russian Navy was represented near Somali with Baltic Fleet's corvette Neustrashimy. It was shifted by Pacific Fleet's LAWS Admiral Vinogradov on Jan 11, 2009 which was on watch until Apr 27 when same type Pacific Fleet's vessel Admiral Panteleev started its mission there; it returned to Vladivostok on June 1. During the watch near Somali coast the task unit led by Admiral Panteleev had escorted 41 merchant vessels from different countries.

As per International Maritime Bureau, there were 240 pirate assaults during first half of 2009 – that is twice as many as last year's same period. More than half of all attacks happened near east Somali coast and in the Gulf of Aden.

Admiral Tributs is large antisubmarine warfare ship of Project 1155.

REGISTRATION

Pacific Fleet

CONSTRUCTION

The vessel was laid down at Zhdanov Shipyard (presently Severnaya Verf) in Leningrad, put afloat on March 26, 1983, commissioned on Feb 15, 1986.

MILESTONES

In 1987-1988 it escorted Soviet vessels in the Persian Gulf.
In 1999 it was on watch in Indian Ocean.
In 2005 it paid business visit to India, took part in joint Russian-Indian INDRA naval exercise.
In 2005 the ship's crew was ranked as a best crew in Pacific Fleet.
In Nov 2008 it transported those who suffered during accidental release of freon gas at Nerpa submarine.

PERFORMANCE AND DIMENSIONS

Speed is 29.5 knots; economic speed is 14 knots; crew is 293 men; total displacement is 7 480 tonnes; standard displacement is 6 840 tonnes; length is 163 meters; beam is 19 meters; draft is 7.8 meters.

ARMAMENT

2 Rastrub four-container rocket torpedo tubes, 6-26 mines, 8 Kinzhal SAM launchers (64 missiles), 2 AK-100 100-mm gun mounts, 4 AK-630M six-barrel 30-mm machineguns, RBU-6000 antisubmarine rocket launchers, 2 helicopters Ka-27.

Source: RusNavy.com, photo: Large Antisubmarine Warfare Ship Admiral Tributs (vladcity.com)