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NEPA class

Country of Origin: Russia

ship list


 0 NEPA-class SUBMARINE RESCUE SHIP (ASR) (Russian Project No. 530)

 Name          Launched         Commissioned     Status
 KARPATY       Dec. 24, 1964    March 29, 1967   Stricken

description

KARPATY was a large, one-of-a-kind submarine rescue ship. She had a 600-ton lift device mounted on her stern (giving her prominent "horns" over the stern) plus submarine rescue, firefighting, diving and salvage equipment. She was refitted at Liepaya Naval Base from 1989 to 1993, but the refit was...

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