Russian frigate Admiral Kasatonov

History
Russia
Name: Fleet Admiral Kasatonov
Namesake: Vladimir Kasatonov
Builder: Severnaya Verf (Northern Wharf Shipyard), Saint Petersburg
Laid down: 26 November 2009
Launched: 12 December 2014
Commissioned: Expected 2017
Status: Launched
General characteristics
Class and type: Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate
Displacement: 4,500 tons
Length: 130 m (426.5 ft)
Beam: 16 m (52.5 ft)
Draft: 4.5 m (14.8 ft)
Propulsion: COGAG, 2 cruise gas turbines, 2 boost gas turbines, 2 shafts
Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h)
Range: 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h)
Complement: 210
Aircraft carried: Helipad for Ka-27 or Ka-32 Helicopter

Fleet Admiral Kasatonov is an Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate of the Russian Navy, and the second ship of her class. The frigate was laid down in Northern Wharf Shipyard in Saint Petersburg on 26 November 2009 and is expected to be commissioned in the Russian Navy in 2014.[1] The ship is named after Vladimir Kasatonov.

References

  1. "First Russian serial frigate will be built at Severnaya Verf". Rusnavy.com. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2015.


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