The Project 141, (NATO reporting name Kashtan class) is a class of salvage vessel/submersible support built at Rostock's Neptun Werft in East Germany for the Soviet Navy.
In total, eight ships of this type were commissioned from 1988 to 1990. The ships became part of the Russian Navy after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The stern has a crane capable of lifting 100 tons with which a (DSRV) can be launched and recovered.
Operations
In June 2014 it was reported that SS-750 had participated in sea trials in the Baltic Sea of a Bester-1 submersible.
On 6 September 2022 Russia's Ministry of Defence informed that SS-750 had participated in sea trials in the Baltic Sea of two new, improved Kilo-class submarines and on 6 October there was again news of SS-750 having participated in sea trials in the Baltic Sea, this time with a single submarine.
In April 2023 the Danish Defence Command confirmed that on 22 September 2022 SS-750 and the Priz-class submersible that it can launch were among six Russian Navy ships operating in the area where four days later the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage occurred.
Ships These are the eight Kashtan-class ships: NameYard numberLaunchedCommissioned FleetNew name StatusKIL-926141/14651986-11-291988-06-27BalticAlexandr Pushkin (from 1999-05-27)Active KIL-927142/14681987-10-061988-11-23PacificActive KIL-143143/14691988-01-201989-02-28NorthernActive KIL-158144/14701988-04-291989-06-30Black Sea (Baltic before 1989-11-08)Active KIL-164145/14711988-02-091989-10-20NorthernActive KIL-498146/14761988-12-201990-02-28PacificActive KIL-140147/14771989-06-161990-06-30BalticSS-750 (from September 1995)Active KIL-168148/14781989-09-301990-10-05Pacific (Black Sea before)Active
Gallery
See also List of ships of the Soviet Navy List of ships of Russia by project number List of active Russian Navy ships
References
External links SS-750 at shipspotting.com