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In June 2014 it was reported that ''SS-750'' had participated in
File:KIL-158 2012 G2.jpg, ''KIL-158'' in 2012 in Yuzhnaya Bay,
SS-750
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reporting name Kashtan class) is a class of salvage vessel/submersible support built at Rostock
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's Neptun Werft
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History
The company was founded as the "Schiffswerft und Maschinenfab ...
in East Germany
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for the Soviet Navy
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.
In total, eight ships of this type were commissioned from 1988 to 1990. The ships became part of the Russian Navy
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after the dissolution of the Soviet Union
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. 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
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in the Baltic Sea
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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:Gallery
Sevastopol
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, the Black Sea
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File:June 2020 Baltic Fleet submarine rescue exercise - Kashtan-class SS-750 launching AS-26 DSRV.jpg, ''SS-750'' launching the submersible ''AS-26''
File:Килекторное_судно_КИЛ-158.jpg, ''KIL-158'' at sea
File:КИЛ-927 в Дальзаводе.JPG, ''KIL-927'' in Vladivostok
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See also
*List of ships of the Soviet Navy
This is a list of ships and classes of the Soviet Navy.
Soviet Ship Type Designations
Corvettes / MPK, MRK
In the Soviet Navy these were classified as small anti-submarine ships (MPK) or small missile ships (MRK).
* (Projects 122A, 122bis ...
* List of ships of Russia by project number
The list of ships of Russia by project number includes all Soviet and Russian ships by known assigned project numbers. Ship descriptions are Russian assigned classifications when known. The Russian term ''проект'' ( tr. ''proyekt'') can be t ...
* List of active Russian Navy ships
This list of active Russian Navy ships presents a picture which can never be fully agreed upon in the absence of greater data availability and a consistent standard for which ships are considered operational or not. The Soviet Navy, and the Rus ...
References
External links
SS-750
at shipspotting.com * {{YouTube, _rt89RWNf_0, SS-750 and its submersible AS-26 in a rescue exercise Auxiliary ships of the Soviet Navy Ships built in Rostock Auxiliary ships of the Russian Navy East Germany–Soviet Union relations