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Russian rescue ship KIL 168

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Name
  
KIL-168

Identification
  
IMO number 9030175

Length
  
98 m

Endurance
  
1.5 months

Commissioned
  
5 October 1990

Launched
  
30 September 1989

Draft
  
5.7 m

Builders
  
Neptun Werft, Rostock

Status
  
in active service, as of 2012

Class and type
  
Kashtan-class large mooring/buoy tender

Displacement
  
4,200 long tons (4,267 t) standard 6,200 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.

References

Russian rescue ship KIL-168 Wikipedia