USC shared a new project - together with the Krylov State Research Center, a new emergency rescue vessel of project IRV05 is being developed there on the initiative of USC. The project documentation is being handled by USC's "daughter", the Malachite Design Bureau.
The vessel will be sent to serve in the Northern and Far Eastern Expeditionary Emergency Rescue Detachments. It will be able to operate both in water and in rarefied ice, and it has already successfully completed model basin tests. The tests helped determine the vessel's speed, ice проходимость, and seaworthiness.
The IRV05 project vessel will be used for:
- patrolling in shipping and fishing areas;
- searching for and assisting distressed fishing vessels;
- searching, rescuing, evacuating and accommodating people, providing them with medical assistance;
- towing emergency vessels and objects to places of refuge, as well as performing sea tows of vessels, floating objects and structures in rarefied ice and in clear water;
- assisting in extinguishing fires on floating and coastal facilities accessible for approach from the sea;
- removing emergency vessels from shallows and reefs, pumping water from flooded compartments;
- providing technical support and assistance in areas dangerous for navigation and seafood harvesting;
- assisting vessels and performing rescue operations in ice conditions and in clear water.
Currently, the development of a three-dimensional model of the vessel in CAD is being completed, which is carried out taking into account the selected shipboard equipment. Modeling of pipeline systems and main electrical routes are also in the final stage. Construction of orders is planned at one of the USC enterprises.
The approximate timing of the laying of the first IRV05 project rescue vessel is still unknown. It is also not yet known what name it will bear.