Ivan Susanin-class icebreaker

The Ivan Susanin class is a group of icebreaker Patrol ships operated by the Russian maritime border guard. The Soviet designation is Project 97P. The ships are also known as the Aysberg class patrol ice breakers.

Design
These ships are modified versions of the Dobrynya Nikitich class civilian icebreaker. They are armed with a twin 76mm gun mounting forward and two AK630 CIWS guns aft as well as having a helicopter pad and surveillance radar.

Ships
Eight ships were built between 1975 and 1981 by Admiralty yard, Leningrad - 6 are operational and two have been retired.


 * Aysberg - 1974 based in the Pacific
 * Dunaii - 1977 based in the Pacific
 * Imeni XXVI S'yezda KPSS (renamed Murmansk) - 1978, Northern Fleet
 * Ivan Susanin - operated by the Russian Navy as a support ship
 * Neva
 * Ruslan
 * Volga - 1980 Pacific
 * Sadko
 * Vladimir Karvaiyski