An item referred to the publication Susa Novykh Tipoc dlya Bol’shoy Volgi, written by A.P. Strakhov, Moscow 1954 dealing with new kind of ships to serve on the Volga. The river channel would in the future be changed caused by constructing of hydroelectric power projects and corresponding attendant reservoirs. So in this manner were new types of river ships needed. The first prototype of a 150 bhp pusher tug, designed with suggestions of engineers N.M. Turkov and N.S. Potapov was built at the Moscow Shipbuilding Yard, Russia in 1951 and performed excellent. New lake pusher tugs fitted out with 2 3D6 engines and a horsepower of 300hp were designed and already under construction.
Dimensions 27,0 (between perpendiculars)-28,5 (over all) x 6,0 (moulded)-6,4 (maximum) x 2,5 x 1,5 (mean full loaded) metres. Designed towing capacity at hook 3.750 kilo by a speed of 8 kilometres while pulling and respectively 4.680 kilo when pushing. Crew numbered 11 men. Wedge-shaped bow with an icebreaker-type stem. To be able to operate in light ice conditions were the frame and platting of the hull strengthened. Fitted out with 2 steel four-bladed screws working in turning cowls. There was also a variant stern shape for the installation of fixed non-turning propeller cowls. USSR Register Division O demands.
Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP81-00280R000200210013-9
Dimensions 27,0 (between perpendiculars)-28,5 (over all) x 6,0 (moulded)-6,4 (maximum) x 2,5 x 1,5 (mean full loaded) metres. Designed towing capacity at hook 3.750 kilo by a speed of 8 kilometres while pulling and respectively 4.680 kilo when pushing. Crew numbered 11 men. Wedge-shaped bow with an icebreaker-type stem. To be able to operate in light ice conditions were the frame and platting of the hull strengthened. Fitted out with 2 steel four-bladed screws working in turning cowls. There was also a variant stern shape for the installation of fixed non-turning propeller cowls. USSR Register Division O demands.
Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP81-00280R000200210013-9
