Project 23470 tugboat

Project 23470 is a series of seagoing tugboats developed by the Baltsudoproekt Central Design Bureau being built for the Russian Navy, intended to perform a variety of tasks including towing vessels, escorting vessels, extinguishing fires, and refloating vessels.^[1][3]

Andrey Stepanov in 2020
Class overview
Name	Project 23470
Builders	Yaroslavl Shipyard
Operators	Russian Navy
Built	2014–present
In commission	2020–present
Planned	6[1]
Building	2
Completed	5
Active	3
General characteristics
Type	Tugboat
Displacement	2,656 tons (standard load) 3,401.5 tons (full load)[1][2]
Length	69.75 m (228.8 ft)
Beam	15 m (49 ft)
Draught	5.11 m (16.8 ft)
Propulsion	3 x 2850 kW diesel-generators 2 x azipods 2 x bow thrusters
Speed	14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi)
Endurance	30 days
Capacity	300 tons
Complement	33
Aviation facilities	1 x helipad

Ships

Name	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fleet	Status
Sergey Balk	Yaroslavl Shipyard	30 October 2014	27 December 2016	21 February 2020	Black Sea Fleet	Active[1][2]
Andrey Stepanov	Yaroslavl Shipyard	23 July 2015	29 June 2017	June 2020	Pacific Fleet	Active[1][4]
Kapitan Nayden	Yaroslavl Shipyard	9 November 2016	28 November 2019	21 August 2022	Black Sea Fleet	Active[5]
Kapitan Sergeev	Yaroslavl Shipyard	2016	14 May 2021			Launched[1]
Kapitan Ushakov	Yaroslavl Shipyard		14 June 2022			Launched[1]
	Yaroslavl Shipyard					Laid down[1]
Vladimir Kovalev	Yaroslavl Shipyard	2 September 2024				Laid down[6]

See also

• List of active Russian Navy ships
• Future of the Russian Navy