BPS-500 missile boat vs Safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

Safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

Safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship

Rescue and salvage ship

Credit

National Museum of the U.S. Navy · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BPS-500 missile boatLength

62 m

Length source ↗

Safeguard-class rescue and salvage shipo/a

78 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 2

Speed+119%

Safeguard-class rescue and salvage shiplarger figure on 1 of 2

Beam+36%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

17 of 31 rows sourced on both sides

62m

78mo/a

Length

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

78 m

o/a

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and Safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	4 × Caterpillar 399 diesel engines 4,200 shp (3 MW) 2 × shafts and controllable-pitch propellers^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	Safeguard class^[source]
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	United States Navy^[source]
Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]

In commission	2001–present^[source]	1985–present^[source]

Planned	4^[source]	5^[source]

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	—

Completed	1^[source]	4^[source]

Active	1^[source]	2^[source]

Laid up	2^[source]	—

Retired	0^[source]	2^[source]

Type	Guided-missile corvette^[source]	Rescue and salvage ship^[source]

Tonnage	850 tons (full load)^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar^[source]	—

Armament	1 x AK-176 76 mm gun 1 x AK-630 30 mm CIWS 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns Anti-ship missiles 8 x Kh-35 Uran anti-ship missiles ( Ship 381 ) 8 x VCM-01 anti-ship missiles (from A2 onward) 1 x 9K38 Igla MANPADS^[source]	2 × Mk 38 25 mm chain guns 2 × 0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine guns^[source]