Russian Navy

Admiral Tributs

Admiral Tributs. Photo from vladcity.com

Admiral Tributs is a Project 1155 large ASW ship.

REGISTRATION

Pacific Fleet

CONSTRUCTION

The ship was laid down at Zhdanov Shipyard (now called Severnaya Verf Shipyard) in Leningrad; launched on March 26, 1983, commissioned on February 15, 1986.

MILESTONES

In 1987-1988 the ship had been protecting Soviet vessels at the Persian Gulf.

In 1999 it kept watch in Indian Ocean.

In 2005 the ship called an official visit to India, participated in INDRA – Russo-Indian joint naval exercise.

In 2005 the crew was declared the best one in Pacific Fleet.

In November 2008 the ship rescued sufferers from accidental release of freon at nuclear submarine Nerpa.

Since December 10, 2011 through May 3, 2012 the ship was on anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden under command of Capt 1 rank Ildar Akhmerov, and escorted 5 convoys comprising Russian and foreign merchant vessels.

PERFORMANCE AND DIMENSIONS

Speed: 29.5 knots, cruising – 14 knots
Crew: 293 men
Total displacement: 7,480 tonnes
Standard displacement: 6,840 tonnes
Length: 163 meters
Beam: 19 meters
Draft: 7.8 meters

ARMAMENT

2 x 4-container launchers of Rastrub rocket torpedo system
6-26 mines
8 Kinzhal SAM launchers (64 missiles)
2 x 100-mm AK-100 gun mounts
4 x 6-barreled 30-mm machineguns AK-630M
RBU-6000 antisubmarine rocket launchers
2 Ka-27 helicopters.

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