VASILI BYKOV PATROL BOAT

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VASILY BYKOV (Russian: Василий Быков, romanized: Vasiliy Bykov) is a project 22160 patrol boat of the Russian Navy, of which it was the first ship built. It was laid down on 26 February 2014 at the Zelenodolsk Shipyard at Zelenodolsk in Tatarstan, Russia, and launched on 28 August 2017. VASILY BYKOV was commissioned on 20 December 2018 in the Novorossiysk Naval Base [ru] at Novorossiysk, becoming part of the

Black Sea Fleet.
Operational history
VASILY BYKOV, along with the Slava-class cruiser MOSKVA, took part in the attack on Snake Island on 24 February 2022 during the first day of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The island was bombarded with the ships' guns before the Russian Naval Infantry landed. The confrontation ended with the Russian takeover of Snake Island.

On 7 March 2022, Ukrainian sources claimed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had attacked VASILY BYKOV using a shore-based multiple rocket launcher system off the coast of Odesa, stating that the ship had been heavily damaged or even sunk. However, on 16 March 2022, VASILY BYKOV was seen returning to the Russian Black Sea Fleet naval base in Sevastopol, with no damage visible. According to The Drive, the Moldovan-flagged tanker MV MILLENNIAL SPIRIT, which was still burning after having been shelled by a Russian warship on 25 February 2022, twelve miles (19 km) from Ukrainian port Yuzhne, could have been mistakenly interpreted by Ukrainian officials as the VASILY BYKOV.

History: Russia, Name: VASILY BYKOV, Builder: Zelenodolsk Shipyard, Laid down: 26 February 2014, Launched: 28 August 2017, Commissioned: 20 December 2018, Status: Active.
General characteristics: Class and type: Project 22160, Complement: 80, Armament: 1 × 76.2 mm AK-176MA automatic dual-purpose gun, 2 × 14.5 mm MTPU machineguns, DP-65 10 barreled anti-saboteur automatic grenade launcher system, DP-64 2 barreled anti-saboteur grenade launcher system, A variety of module containers including weapon modules containing 324 mm Paket-NK torpedoes, 3M24 and Kalibr-NK, : aircraft carried: 1 x Ka-27 or Ka-226.

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