The universal nuclear icebreaker "Yakutia" of project 22220 left the outfitting embankment of the Baltic Shipyard USC and headed to its home port Murmansk. This was reported by the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC).
The vessel will pass through the Baltic Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, the Barents Sea and moor in the port in the Kola Bay.
For several months, specialists from the plant and contractors conducted mooring and then sea trials, and also prepared the icebreaker for the voyage.
"Yakutia" became the fourth vessel built at the Baltic Shipyard under project 22220 commissioned by FSUE Atomflot.
Technical characteristics of project 22220:
- Length — 173.3 m
- Width — 34 m
- Displacement — 33,540 t
- Board height — 15.2 m
- Draft in linear icebreaker mode — 10.5 m
- Main power plant — two RITM-200 water-cooled nuclear reactors with a thermal capacity of 175 megawatts each
- Maximum speed - 22 knots (40.7 km/h)
- Icebreaking capacity (maximum thickness of solid ice that can be overcome by continuous stroke) — 2.9 m
- Navigation autonomy — 6 months in terms of food supplies, 7 years — in terms of fuel resources
- Crew — 52 people
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