As reported, on December 22, 2023, in Vyborg, at PJSC Vyborg Shipyard (part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation - USC), a laying ceremony was held for the Coast Guard of the Border Guard Service of the FSB of the Russian Federation of the second border patrol ship of the 1st rank of the ice class project 23550 (code "Ermak"), which received the name "Dzerzhinsky" with the factory number 238. Official reports on the laying of the ship were not published.
The mortgage board of the border patrol ship of the 1st rank of the ice class "Dzerzhinsky" project 23550 (code "Ermak") laid on December 22, 2023 at PJSC Vyborg Shipyard for the Coast Guard of the Border Guard Service of the FSB of the Russian Federation with factory number 238 (c) Telegram channel "The Evil Sailor"
The laid-down border patrol ship of the 1st rank of the Dzerzhinsky ice class is the second of two units ordered for the Coast Guard of the Border Guard Service of the FSB of Russia under project 23550 (code "Ermak"), which is a modified version of project 23550 (code "Arctic"), according to which JSC Admiralty Shipyards"two multifunctional ice-class patrol ships for the Russian Navy are under construction in St. Petersburg. The developer of the 22350 project in both versions is JSC CMKB Almaz. These PCRs will become the largest units of the Coast Guard of the FSB Border Guard Service.
The lead border patrol ship of the ice class of project 23550 named "Blizzard" with factory number 235 was laid down at the Vyborg Shipyard (VSZ) on July 25, 2020 and launched there on October 7, 2022, its delivery is scheduled for 2024. It was reported that the contract value of the head office of the project 23550 is about 18 billion rubles.
The armament of the border ship of project 23550 will consist of a 76-mm AK-176MA artillery installation, two 30-mm six-barreled AK-306M anti-aircraft artillery installations, four 12.7-mm machine guns, MANPADS launchers. In the aft part of the ship there is an amphibious boat for cargo delivery to the coast. A characteristic feature of the RCMP will be the presence of two helicopter hangars - a large one (for a Ka-27 class helicopter) and a small one (for a Ka-226 class helicopter or UAV), the helipad allows you to receive Mi-8 class helicopters.
For the Russian Navy, Admiralty Shipyards JSC, according to project 23550 (code "Arctic"), under a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense dated April 25, 2016, is building two multifunctional ice-class patrol ships - Ivan Papanin (factory number 02460, the actual construction was started at Admiralty Shipyards in September 2016, the official laying ceremony was performed on April 19, 2017, launching was performed on October 25, 2019) and "Nikolay Zubov" (factory number 02461, the laying ceremony took place on November 27, 2019). The lead ship Ivan Papanin is preparing to enter factory sea trials and, according to the latest plans, should be handed over to the Navy at the end of 2024.