Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Vitus Bering (ex-Restorer) | Snow SY, Rockland, USA | 25.3.1942 | 24.10.1942 | 6.10.1943 // 27.2.1948 | stricken 8.1950 |
Displacement standard, t |
|
Displacement full, t |
1615 |
Length, m |
55.9 |
Breadth, m |
11.3 |
Draught, m |
4.25 |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
4 Hoover, Owens, Rentschler Co. 685A diesel generators, 1 electric motor |
Power, h. p. |
1200 |
Max speed, kts |
12 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 200 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 75/55 M/34-38, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10 |
Electronic equipment | radar |
Complement |
65 |
Project history: Former USN rescue vessel, transferred to service in Greenland waters.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Vitus Bering was stricken after two-years service due to strong corrosion of the hull.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016