Krasin (icebreaker)
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| Career (Russia) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Krasin |
| Namesake: | Leonid Borisovich Krasin |
| Owner: | Far East Shipping Company |
| Builder: | Helsinki New Shipyard, Helsinki, Finland |
| Launched: | 1976 |
| Homeport: | Vladivostok |
| Fate: | in service |
| Notes: | [1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Icebreaker |
| Tonnage: | GRT:14058 Net: 4217 |
| Displacement: | 20,190 tons |
| Length: | 134.84 m (442 feet) |
| Beam: | 25.97 m |
| Height: | above base line: 45.60 m |
| Draft: | 11.00 m |
| Depth: | 16.75 m |
| Ice class: | A1-class |
| Installed power: | Main engines: 6 diesel sets producing 36,000 shp |
| Propulsion: | 3 twin DC electric motors each turning a propeller shaft to which is attached a 4 bladed 4.3m diameter propeller with hardened steel blades. Blades can be changed at sea in the event of damage. |
| Speed: | 19.8 knots |
| Aviation facilities: | Helideck and Hangar |
The Krasin (Russian: Красин) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) icebreaker. The vessel operates in polar regions.
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[edit] History
The ship was built at the Helsinki New Shipyard in Helsinki, Finland in 1976.[1]
[edit] Design
The second Krasin is an A1-class, triple-screw, four-deck icebreaker owned by the Far East Shipping Company (FESCO) and is based in Vladivostok. The hull has a friction-reducing coating.[2]
Krasin can break ice six feet thick.[3]
[edit] Service
During the 2004-2005 season (Operation Deep Freeze 2005), the United States Antarctic Program hired the Krasin as a secondary vessel to help clear a channel to McMurdo Station[4] because the Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star faced a record 90+ mile cut through fast ice. The Krasin departed Vladivostok on December 21st, 2004 and arrived at the Ross Sea ice edge one month later.[3] After Polar Star made the initial cut to McMurdo, Krasin assisted by grooming (widening) the thin outer channel, which consisted of first-year ice. Meanwhile, Polar Star broke the thicker, much denser multi-year ice near the station.[5]
The Krasin departed the Ross Sea on the 9th of February, reaching Vladivostok on March 5th 2005. She is unlikely to return to the Antarctic as FESCO have signed a multi-year contract for Krasin to support oil rig operations in the Sea of Okhotsk from March 2005 onwards.[3] Along with her sister ship Icebreaker Admiral Makarov, Krasin has been providing winter escort to large capacity tankers from the port of De-Castri (Khabarovsk) as part of the Sakhalin-I project.[6] During the summer months she provides escort on the Northern Sea Route to the Eastern sector of Arctic servicing sea terminals of North Chukotka.[7]
[edit] Sister ships
She is one of five large icebreakers operated by the Far East Shipping Company:
[edit] References
- ^ a b "FESCO vessels: Krasin". Fesco Transport Group. Retrieved on 2008-07-20.
- ^ "Ship Resupply 2005/2006" (PDF). U.S. Antarctic Program. Retrieved on 2008-07-20.
- ^ a b c "Krasin". Antarctic Philately. Retrieved on 2008-07-20.
- ^ "Russian Ice-Breaker Krasin Heading for Antarctic to Rescue U.S. Polar Station McMurdo". Russian Embassy Press Release (2004-12-21). Retrieved on 2008-07-20.
- ^ "U.S., Russian icebreakers open path to Antarctic base". USA Today (February 6, 2005). Retrieved on 2008-01-09.
- ^ "Ice Breakers left Vladivostok for Sakhalin Coast". Vladivostok Times (December 24 2006). Retrieved on 2008-07-20.
- ^ "Icebreaker the Krasin pursued to East Arctic". FESCO. Retrieved on 2008-07-20.
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