Vyuga (icebreaker)
Purga, a similar Project 97 icebreaker | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Soviet Union | |
| Name | Vyuga (Вьюга) |
| Namesake | Russian for "blizzard" |
| Operator | Pacific Fleet |
| Ordered | 18 May 1957 |
| Builder | Admiralty Shipyard (Leningrad, USSR) |
| Yard number | 763 |
| Laid down | 5 May 1961 |
| Launched | 20 January 1962 |
| Completed | 16 July 1962 |
| Decommissioned | 1991 |
| In service | 1962–1991 |
| Fate | Broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Dobrynya Nikitich-class icebreaker |
| Displacement | 2,935 t (2,889 long tons) |
| Length | 67.7 m (222 ft) |
| Beam | 18 m (59 ft) |
| Draught | 5.35 m (17.6 ft) |
| Depth | 8.3 m (27.2 ft) |
| Installed power | 3 × 13D100 (3 × 1,800 hp) |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric; three shafts (2 × 2,400 hp + 1,600 hp) |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Range | 5,700 nautical miles (10,600 km; 6,600 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Endurance | 17 days |
| Complement | 42 |
| Armament |
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| Notes | Later disarmed |
Vyuga (Russian: Вьюга, lit. 'blizzard') was a Soviet Navy icebreaker in service from 1962 until 1991. It had two sister ships, Dobrynya Nikitich (1960–1998) and Purga (1961–2012).