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NEPA class
Country of Origin: Russia
ship list
0 NEPA-class SUBMARINE RESCUE SHIP (ASR) (Russian Project No. 530) Name Launched Commissioned Status KARPATY Dec. 24, 1964 March 29, 1967 Stricken
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KARPATY was a large, one-of-a-kind submarine rescue ship. She had a 600-ton lift device mounted on her stern (giving her prominent "horns" over the stern) plus submarine rescue, firefighting, diving and salvage equipment. She was refitted at Liepaya Naval Base from 1989 to 1993, but the refit was...
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