''KIL-168'' is a Project 141 (

NATO reporting name NATO reporting names are code names for military equipment from Russia, China, and historically, the Eastern Bloc (Soviet Union and other nations of the Warsaw Pact). They provide unambiguous and easily understood English words in a uniform manne ...

: Kashtan class) large mooring/ buoy tender of the Russian Navy, built by the

Neptun Werft Neptun Werft is a German shipbuilding company, headquartered in Rostock. Since 1997 it has been part of the Meyer Neptun Group together with Meyer Werft in Papenburg. History The company was founded as the "Schiffswerft und Maschinenfabrik von ...

Shipyard in Rostock, East Germany, launched on 30 September 1989, and commissioned on 5 October 1990. The Kashtan class tenders were developed from the Sura class, and are equipped with a 100-ton heavy lift gantry at the stern. ''KIL-168'' is attached to the 34th Rescue Ships Brigade, Pacific Fleet and based at Vladivostok. In August 2005, it served as support in the rescue of the

DSRV A deep-submergence rescue vehicle (DSRV) is a type of deep-submergence vehicle used for rescue of downed submarines and clandestine missions. While DSRV is the term most often used by the United States Navy, other nations have different designa ...

AS-28 after it became tangled in underwater antenna cables.

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