25 Mar 2021 in Astrakhan shipyard branch "of the Astrakhan shipyard" JSC "Center of ship repair "Zvezdochka" (part is part of the JSC "United shipbuilding Corporation" - USC) held a solemn ceremony of laying rescue tugboat project 22870 "Michael Checks" (serial number 021), built by order of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation.
Mortgage board of the rescue and towing vessel of the project 22870 " Mikhail Chekov "(factory number 021), laid down for the Russian Navy at the shipyard of the branch " Astrakhan Ship Repair Plant "JSC "Ship Repair Center "Zvezdochka" in Astrakhan 25.03.2021 (c) JSC " United Shipbuilding Corporation"
The new vessel was named in honor of Mikhail Chekov, an officer of the Black Sea Fleet, commander of emergency rescue teams that provided during the Great Patriotic War the recovery of ships and ships sunk by the enemy in the waters of the Black Sea ports.
Project 22870 was developed by JSC "KB "Vimpel" (Nizhny Novgorod). The Mikhail Chekov rescue and towing vessel (SBS) will become the seventh vessel in the line of Project 22870 for Astrakhan shipbuilders. The lead tug of the SB-45 project was transferred to the Navy in 2014.
On the part of bmpd, we recall that earlier the Astrakhan Ship Repair Plant of JSC "Ship Repair Center "Zvezdochka" built six vessels of the project 22870 for the Russian Navy. The lead rescue tug of the project 22870 SB-45 (factory number 005) was started construction in Astrakhan in the summer of 2011 and commissioned on June 27, 2014, becoming part of the Caspian Flotilla. The second vessel "Professor Nikolai Muru" (factory number 006, laid under the designation SB-565) was transferred to the Black Sea Fleet on December 28, 2014. On July 4, 2016, the third tug SB-738 (factory number 007), built under a contract dated February 4, 2014, was transferred to the Russian Navy and became part of the Caspian Flotilla.
In 2015, the Astrakhan enterprise received a contract from the Ministry of Defense of Russia for the construction of the next three vessels of the project 22870 with the factory numbers 008, 009 and 010, all of which, upon completion of construction, became part of the Black Sea Fleet. The lead of these three rescue tugs, SB-739 (serial number 008), was launched in Astrakhan on 2 August 2016 and delivered to the Russian Navy on 16 January 2017. The second tug "Captain Guryev" (factory number 009) under this contract was launched in Astrakhan on May 18, 2018 and handed over to the Russian Navy on December 20, 2018. The third vessel under this contract (and the sixth in the series as a whole), the SB-742 with the factory number 010 , entered the Black Sea Fleet on December 20, 2019.
Rescue and towing vessels of the project 22870 are designed to assist emergency ships (vessels) and rescue personnel; tow ships; extinguish fires on emergency ships and coastal structures. The vessels have the capabilities to keep emergency ships afloat and perform complex diving operations at depths of up to 60 meters. In addition, the vessel can perform tasks for collecting petroleum products from the sea surface, as well as conduct search and survey work. Characteristics of the vessel: length-57 m, width-14 m, maximum displacement-1605 tons, full speed-14 knots.
Laying ceremony for the Russian Navy rescue and towing vessel project 22870 " Mikhail Chekov "(factory number 021) at the shipyard of the branch " Astrakhan Ship Repair Plant "JSC "Ship Repair Center "Zvezdochka" in Astrakhan 25.03.2021 (c) JSC "United Shipbuilding Corporation" and astrakhan.su
