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V61 submarine chasers (1955/1955)

V1 1970

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
V61 (ex-BO-157), later- V1, 1991- Comandor Eugeniu Botez V61, later- V1   340 Yd, Zelenodolsk, USSR 3.1955 15.6.1955 10.1955 // 12.1955 stricken 1990s
V62 (ex-BO-161), later- V2, 1991- Comandor Constantin Costăchescu V62, later- V2   340 Yd, Zelenodolsk, USSR 4.1955 23.7.1955 10.1955 // 12.1955 stricken 1990s
V63 (ex-BO-466), later- V3, 1991- Comandor Alexandru Cătuneanu V63, later- V3   340 Yd, Zelenodolsk, USSR 9.1954 13.11.1954 5.1955 // 12.1955 stricken 1990s

 

Displacement standard, t

289

Displacement full, t

325

Length, m

49.5 wl 51.7 oa

Draught, m

2.19

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 9D diesels

Power, h. p.

3300

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

18

Endurance, nm(kts)

3000(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 85/52 90K, 2 x 1 - 37/73 70K, 2 x 2 - 12.7/79, 2 x 5 - 250 RBU-1200 ASWRL, 1 DCR (36), 18 mines

Electronic equipment

Neptun radar, Tamir-10 or Tamir-11 sonar

Complement

54

Project history: Former Soviet submarine chasers of Project 122bis.

Modernizations: 1980s, all: - 1 x 1 - 85/52, 2 x 2 - 12.7/79, Neptun radar; + 1 x 2 - 14.5/89, 2 DCT, Rif-A (may be) radar

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2016