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Photo: MPK-192.
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.
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Baltic Fleet small ASW ship and Pacific Fleet submarine were renamed
02/03/2011 |
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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.