Russian Navy’s newest salvage and rescue tug floated out

The future Russian Navy tug Mikhail Chekov being launched into the water for the first time

Russian shipbuilder Astrakhan Ship Repair Plant, a division of state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation, recently launched a new tug ordered by the Russian Ministry of Defence. The future Mikhail Chekov is the seventh vessel under the Project 22870 series of tugs slated for the Russian Navy. The tug honours Mikhail Chekov, a Soviet naval officer known […]

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