Russian patrol ship Vasily Bykov

Vasily Bykov at the Novorossiysk Naval Base in Novorossiysk in 2022
History
RussiaRussia
NameVasily Bykov
BuilderZelenodolsk Shipyard
Laid down26 February 2014
Launched28 August 2017
Commissioned20 December 2018
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeProject 22160
Complement80
Armament
  • 1 × 76.2 mm AK-176MA automatic dual-purpose gun[1]
  • 2 × 14.5 mm MTPU machineguns
  • DP-65 10 barreled anti-saboteur automatic grenade launcher system
  • DP-64 2 barreled anti-saboteur grenade launcher system
  • A variety of module containers including weapon modules containing 324 mm Paket-NK torpedoes,[2] 3M24, Kalibr-NK cruise missiles and 9M331M surface-to-air missiles[3]
Aircraft carried1 x Ka-27 or Ka-226

Vasily Bykov (Russian: Василий Быков) is a project 22160 patrol ship of the Russian Navy, of which it was the first ship built.[4] It was laid down on 26 February 2014 on the Zelenodolsk Shipyard at Zelenodolsk in Tatarstan, Russia,[5] and launched on 28 August 2017.[4] Vasily Bykov was commissioned on 20 December 2018 in the Novorossiysk Naval Base at Novorossiysk, becoming part of the Black Sea Fleet.[6]

  1. ^ "Завершены полигонные испытания модернизированной корабельной артиллерийской установки АК-176МА" [Field tests of the modernized shipborne artillery mount AK-176MA completed]. Bmpd.livejournal.com. 3 March 2017. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Проект 22160" [Project 22160]. balancer.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Tor-2MKM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Ptichkin, Sergey (2 July 2018). "Меняет оружие на ходу" [Change weapons on the go]. Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). Archived from the original on 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Заложен патрульный корабль "Василий Быков"" [Patrol ship "Vasily Bykov" laid down]. bmpd.livejournal.com (in Russian). 27 February 2022. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  6. ^ "В состав Черноморского флота приняты патрульный корабль "Василий Быков" и спасательное буксирное судно "Капитан Гурьев"" [The Black Sea Fleet received the patrol ship "Vasily Bykov" and the rescue tugboat "Captain Guryev"]. Telekanal "ZVEZDA" (in Russian). 20 December 2018. Archived from the original on 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.

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