Name KIL-168 Length 98 m Endurance 1.5 months | Commissioned 5 October 1990 Launched 30 September 1989 Draft 5.7 m | |
Status in active service, as of 2012 Displacement 4,200 long tons (4,267 t) standard6,200 long tons (6,299 t) full load | ||
KIL-168 is a Project 141 (NATO reporting name: Kashtan class) large mooring/buoy tender of the Russian Navy, built by the Neptun Werft Shipyard in Rostock, East Germany, launched on 30 September 1989, and commissioned on 5 October 1990.
The Kashtan class tenders were developed from the Sura class, and are equipped with a 100-ton heavy lift gantry at the stern.
KIL-168 is attached to the 34th Rescue Ships Brigade, Pacific Fleet and based at Vladivostok. In August 2005, it served as support in the rescue of the DSRV AS-28 after it became tangled in underwater antenna cables.
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Russian rescue ship KIL-168 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA