Yaroslavsky Shipbuilding Plant has laid down the seagoing tug of project 23470 for Russian Navy’s Pacific Fleet. The vessel named Andrei Stepanov is the second tug of project 23470 designed by Baltsudoproekt bureau (Krylov State Research Center, Saint-Petersburg), Krylov Center says in its press release. Russian Maritime Register of Shipping class notation: EPP Tug.КМ Arc4 [1] AUT1 FF3WS EPP Tug.
The lead ship was laid down on October 30, 2014.
On March 24, Yaroslavsky Shipbuilding Plant OJSC and the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation signed a state contract for construction and delivery of two seagoing tugs under the state defence order of RF Navy.
The first tugboat is to be delivered to the customer (Black Sea Fleet) by November 25, 2016, the second one (Pacific Fleet) – by November 25, 2017.
The tugboat is intended for towing of vessels, floating facilities and structures in ice-covered and ice-free water; assistance to vessels within port water area and mooring operations; escort operations in sea; extinguishing of fires on floating and shore-based facilities, extinguishing of fuel burning on water surface; refloating of ships and vessels.
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