MPK-199 Kasimov

MPK-199 Kasimov. Photo by A. Brichevsky (flot.sevastopol.info)

MPK-199 Kasimov is a Project 1124M Small ASW Ship (SAS).

REGISTRATION

Black Sea Fleet

CONSTRUCTION, NAME

The ship was laid down on February 20, 1984 at Leninskaya Kuznitsa shipyard (Kiev); launched on December 7, 1985; commissioned on November 5, 1986. It had a name of Komsomolets Armenii since December 27, 1985 till February 15, 1992. The ship obtained a name of Kasimov in 2001.

MILESTONES

On August 8, 2008 during South Ossetian conflict the ship being a part of BSF task unit was detached to CIS force at Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone.

In 2008 it patrolled assigned maritime zone when participated in international operation Black Sea Harmony.

PERFORMANCE

Speed: 35 knots
Operational range: 2,700 miles
Crew: 89 men

DIMENSIONS

Displacement: 930 tonnes
Extreme length: 71.07 meters
Extreme beam: 10.15 meters
Extreme draft: 3.71 meters

PROPULSION

Diesel gas turbine M-8M
18,000 shp gas turbine GTU-8
2 diesels M-507A, total power 20,000 shp
3 diesel generators (DG-500, DG-300, DG-200), total power 1,000 kW

ARMAMENT

76-mm gun mount AK-176
30-mm gun mount AK-630M
Osa-M SAM launcher
2 coupled 533-mm torpedo tubes
RBU-6000 antisubmarine rocket launcher
12 depth bombs or 18 mines