Sovetskiy Soyuz (icebreaker)

Sovetskiy Soyuz and other Russian icebreakers in Murmansk on June 27, 2015
History
Russia
Name: Sovetskiy Soyuz
Owner: Russian Federation[1]
Operator: Atomflot (Rosatom)
Port of registry:
Builder: Baltic Shipyard, Leningrad, Soviet Union
Yard number: 703[1]
Laid down: 2 November 1983
Launched: 31 October 1986
Completed: 29 December 1989
Identification:
Status: Laid-up (since 2 August 2012), to be converted into a command ship[2][3]
General characteristics
Class and type: Arktika-class nuclear icebreaker
Tonnage:
Displacement: 23,460 tonnes
Length: 150.0 m (492.1 ft)
Beam: 29.9 m (98 ft)
Draught: 10.0–11.0 m (32.8–36.1 ft)
Depth: 17.2 metres (56 ft)
Ice class: RMRS LL1[2] A
Installed power:

Two OK-900A nuclear reactors (2 × 171 MW)

Two steam turbogenerators (2 × 27.6 MW)[4]

Propulsion:

Nuclear-turbo-electric

Three shafts (3 × 17.6 MW)

Speed: 20.6 knots (38.2 km/h; 23.7 mph) in open water[4]
Endurance: 7.5 months[4]

The NS Sovetskiy Soyuz (Russian: Советский Союз) is the fourth Russian Arktika class nuclear-powered icebreaker operated by the Murmansk Shipping Company. The ship was built by Baltic Shipyard in Leningrad and entered service in 1990.[5] It is named after the Soviet Union. Her home port is currently Murmansk.

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