Sorum-class tugboat
1972 Russian seagoing tug
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The Sorum class, Soviet designation Project 745, is a series of seagoing tugs built for the Soviet Navy and the KGB Border Troops, and later operated by the Russian Navy and the FSB Border Service.[3]
- Yaroslavl Shipyard
- Zelenodolsk Shipyard (Project 745MB)
Soviet Navy (former)
Soviet Border Troops (former)
Russian Navy
Russian Coast Guard
Rosmorport (former)[a]
Ukrainian Navy (former)[b]
Vietnam People's Navy[c]
The Russian Navy Sorum-class seagoing tug MB-99 (Project 745) during the Navy Day celebrations at Vladivostok in 2008 | |
| Class overview | |
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| Name | Sorum class |
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| Operators |
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| In commission | 1972 |
| Completed | c. 43[1] |
| General characteristics (Project 745) | |
| Type | Seagoing tug |
| Displacement | 1,452 t (1,429 long tons; 1,601 short tons) |
| Length | 56.5 m (185 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 12.64 m (41 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 4.47 m (14 ft 8 in) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | Max: 13.2 knots (24.4 km/h; 15.2 mph) |
| Range | 6,200 nmi (11,500 km; 7,100 mi) at 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Endurance | 40 days |
| Complement | 35 |
| Sensors & processing systems | |
| Armament | |
These vessels perform the standard missions of a seagoing tugboat with other missions such as protecting and patrolling Russian maritime borders, enforcing navigational rules and law enforcement, search and rescue, and fisheries protection.
Design
- Project 745 seagoing tug
- The oceangoing tugs are auxiliary vessels for the Soviet Navy, later the Russian Navy.[4][1]
- Project 745P patrol ship
- The border patrol ships are modified versions of the original Project 745. They are armed with two 30 mm AK-230M or AK-306[d] gun mounts giving them the ability to fire on surface, air and ground targets, and are equipped with the Kolonka-1 fire-control system to control these weapons.[5][1]
- Project 07452 experimental vessel
- The reconnaissance vessel is a version of the original Project 745, which is a testbed for SIGINT and hydroacoustic equipment.[1]
- Project 745MB seagoing tug
- The oceangoing tug is a modernized version of the original Project 745. It is equipped with two main diesel gensets (2 × 1,500 kW), three auxiliary diesel gensets (2 × 200 kW + 1 × 100 kW), an asynchronous propulsion motor (2,720 metric horsepower or 2,680 hp), and a bow thruster.[6][2][1]
- Project 745MBS rescue tug
- The rescue tug is a SAR version of the modernized Project 745MB, which is equipped with a switched reluctance propulsion motor instead of an asynchronous one.[2][1]
Project 745MB and 745MBS tugs differ externally from original Project 745 tugs by having twin funnels instead of single.
The Russian Navy Project 745 seagoing tug MB-307 in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1993
The Ukrainian Navy Project 745 seagoing tug Korets and the Gyurza-M-class gunboat Berdiansk (U175) in the Black Sea in 2016
The Russian Coast Guard Project 745P border patrol ship Bug and the Yamaha S-329-class border patrol boat Steregushchiy during the Russian-Japanese exercise in Aniva Bay in 2009
The Soviet Navy Project 07452 experimental vessel OS-572, a de facto reconnaissance vessel, between 1987 and 1991
The Russian Navy Project 745MB seagoing tug MB-12 at Cape Zhelaniya in 2020
The Russian Navy Project 745MBS rescue tug Viktor Konetsky and IRIS Shahid Mahdavi (P313-1) during the CHIRU exercise in 2019
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History
A Project 745P border patrol ship was involved in an incident involving Greenpeace vessel where the Russian ship fired warning shots, and later seized a Greenpeace vessel after they attempted to board an oil rig in the Arctic in 2013.[7]
Another Project 745P border patrol ship rammed a Ukrainian tug in the Kerch Strait on November 25, 2018.[8]
See also
Notes
- One Project 745 tug—the Ukrainian Navy seagoing tug Korets, ex–Soviet Navy's MB-30 (1973)—that was captured by the Russian Armed Forces in the Port of Berdiansk during the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 28, 2022.[1]
