Vaygach (1989 icebreaker)
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For the non-nuclear icebreaker of the same name, see Vaygach (1909 icebreaker).
Vaygach (Russian: Вайгач, IPA: [vɐjˈɡatɕ]) is a shallow-draught nuclear-powered icebreaker. She was built in 1989 for the Soviet Union by Wärtsilä Marine Helsinki Shipyard in Finland by order of the Murmansk Shipping Company and its KL-40 reactor was installed at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg.[4] Her sister ship is Taymyr.
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Vaygach escorting Pavel Vavilov from the port of Sabetta in April 2015 | |
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Name | Vaygach (Вайгач) |
Namesake | Vaygach Island |
Owner | Russian Federation |
Operator | FSUE Atomflot |
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Builder | |
Yard number | 475 |
Launched | 26 February 1988[1] |
Commissioned | 1 August 1990[1] |
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Status | In active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Taymyr-class icebreaker |
Tonnage | |
Displacement | 21,000 tons[2] |
Length | 151.8 m (498 ft)[2] |
Beam | 29.2 m (96 ft)[2] |
Draught | 7.5–9.0 m (24.6–29.5 ft)[3] |
Depth | 15.68 m (51.4 ft) |
Ice class | RMRS LL2 |
Installed power | KLT-40M nuclear reactor (171 MW)[2] Two GTA 6421-OM5 turbogenerators (2 × 18,400 kW) |
Propulsion | Nuclear-turbo-electric (AC/AC) Three shafts (3 × 12 MW)[3] |
Speed | 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph) (maximum)[2] |
Endurance | 7.5 months[2] |
Crew | 100+ |
Aircraft carried | 1 × Ka-32 helicopter |
Aviation facilities | Helipad and hangar for one helicopter |
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