Krasin (icebreaker)
- For another ship of the same name, see Krasin (1916 icebreaker).
 NSF picture of Russian icebreaker Krasin on its way to McMurdo Sound, Antarctica |
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| Career (Russia) |  Russia |
|---|---|
| Name: | Krasin |
| Namesake: | Leonid Borisovich Krasin |
| Owner: | Far East Shipping Company (FESCO)[1][2] |
| Port of registry: | Vladivostok, Russia[3] |
| Builder: | Helsinki New Shipyard, Helsinki, Finland |
| Yard number: | 400[3] |
| Completed: | 28 April 1976[3] |
| Identification: | Call sign: UIFY[3] IMO number: 7359644[3] MMSI: 273143900[1] |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics [3] | |
| Type: | Icebreaker |
| Tonnage: | 14,508 GT 4,217 NT 7,554 DWT |
| Displacement: | 20,247 tons |
| Length: | LOA 134.84 m (442.4 ft) LBP 129.81 m (425.9 ft) |
| Beam: | 25.97 m (85.2 ft) (moulded) 26.05 m (85.5 ft) (max) |
| Height: | 45.60 m (149.6 ft) from keel[2] |
| Draft: | 11.00 m (36.09 ft) |
| Depth: | 16.71 m (54.8 ft) |
| Ice class: | LL2 |
| Main engines: | 9 × Wärtsilä-Sulzer 12ZH40/48 (9 × 3,385 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 3 × Strömberg DC motors (3 × 8,820 kW) Three fixed pitch propellers |
| Speed: | 20.30 knots (37.60 km/h; 23.36 mph) (max) 19.8 knots (36.7 km/h; 22.8 mph) (service)[2] 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) in 1.8 m (5.9 ft) level ice[4] |
| Aviation facilities: | Helipad and hangar[2] |
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.[2] Named after an early Bolshevik leader and Soviet diplomat Leonid Krasin and an earlier icebreaker of the same name.
[edit] Design
The second Krasin is a triple-screw diesel-powered icebreaker owned by the Far East Shipping Company (FESCO) and is based in Vladivostok. The hull has a friction-reducing coating.[5]
Krasin can break ice six feet thick.[6]
[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[7] because the Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star faced a record 90+ mile cut through fast ice. The Krasin departed Vladivostok on December 21, 2004 and arrived at the Ross Sea ice edge one month later.[6][8]
The Krasin departed the Ross Sea on the 9th of February, reaching Vladivostok on March 5, 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.[6] 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.[9] During the summer months she provides escort on the Northern Sea Route to the Eastern sector of Arctic servicing sea terminals of North Chukotka.[10]
[edit] See also
She is one of four large icebreakers operated by the Far East Shipping Company:
[edit] References
- ^ a b Ministry of Transport (2011). "Krasin". Equasis. Government of France. http://www.equasis.org/EquasisWeb/restricted/ShipList?fs=ShipSearch&P_PAGE=1&P_IMO=7359644. Retrieved 2011-10-13. (Free registration required.)
- ^ a b c d e "FESCO vessels: Krasin". Fesco Transport Group. http://www.fesco.ru/en/assets/fleet-fesco/vessels/icebreakers/krasin/. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
- ^ a b c d e f Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. "Krasin". RS Regbook. Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. http://www.rs-head.spb.ru/app/fleet.php?index=740150&type=book1&language=eng.
- ^ The world icebreaker, ice breaking supply and research vessel fleet. Baltic Ice Management, February 2011. Retrieved on 2011-10-07.
- ^ "Ship Resupply 2005/2006" (PDF). U.S. Antarctic Program. http://www.usap.gov/conferencesCommitteesAndWorkshops/userCommittees/documents/ARVOCJune2006McM05-06IcebreakRsplyRpt.pdf. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
- ^ a b c "Krasin". Antarctic Philately. http://www.newzeal.com/theme/Ships/Russia/krasin.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
- ^ "Russian Ice-Breaker Krasin Heading for Antarctic to Rescue U.S. Polar Station McMurdo". Russian Embassy Press Release. 2004-12-21. http://www.rusembcanada.mid.ru/pr/211204_1_e.html. Retrieved 2008-07-20.[dead link]
- ^ "U.S., Russian icebreakers open path to Antarctic base". USA Today. February 6, 2005. http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/coldscience/2005-02-06-mcmurdo-ships_x.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
- ^ "Ice Breakers left Vladivostok for Sakhalin Coast". Vladivostok Times. December 24, 2006. http://vladivostoktimes.com/show.php?id=5592. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
- ^ "Icebreaker the Krasin pursued to East Arctic". FESCO. http://www.fesco.ru/en/press-center/news/2007-07-18-02063. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
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