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YELVA (VM-20) class

Country of Origin: Russia


 7 YELVA-class DIVING TENDERS (YDT)
   (Russian Project No. 553M)

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 VM-20
 VM-72
 VM-146
 VM-153/154
 VM-250
 VM-263
 VM-268
 VM-270
 VM-277
 VM-409
 VM-413/416
 VM-420
 VM-425
 VM-429
 VM-725
 VM-807
 VM-809
 VM-907/910
 VM-916
 VM-919

Editor's note: The surviving units, some
unspecified, are from the tenders listed above.

These craft are diving tenders. They are officially rated as service craft. All were completed during 1971-1983 as replacements for...

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