The ''Mustang 2''-class patrol boat, also known as Project 18623, is a
Russian Coast Guard
The Coast Guard of the Border Service of the FSB (russian: Береговая охрана Пограничной службы ФСБ России, Beregovaya okhrana Pogranichnoy sluzhby FSB Rossii), previously known as the Maritime Units of the ...
vessel. It was originally designed to be operated by the Ministry of Fisheries, but those duties were transferred to the Coast Guard in 1998. The boats are used for general border protection and fisheries duties.
Design
Designed by the Redan Bureau, the craft are constructed with an aluminum hull and superstructure and can operate in
sea states up to 5. They are equipped with 2
Zvezda M-470 diesel engines, and with weapons to engage surface targets.
Vessels
PSKA-816 and 818 are part of the
Caspian Flotilla
Kaspiyskaya flotiliya
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, while PSKA-817 is a part of the
Baltic Fleet
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.
The 4th boat, ''Sokol'', was designated as a communications boat.
See also
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List of ships of Russia by project number
The list of ships of Russia by project number includes all Russian ships by assigned project numbers. Ship descriptions are Russian assigned classifications when known. (The Russian term "проект" can be translated either as the cognate "pr ...
References
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Patrol vessels