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At a glance
Gepard-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 1
USS Recoverylarger figure on 0 of 1
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Single source4,000 nmi (7,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Configuration
| Specification | Gepard-class frigate | USS Recovery |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Gepard class (Project 1166.1)[source] | USS Recovery[source] |
| Builders | Zelenodolsk Plant Gorky[source] | — |
| Operators | Russian Navy Vietnam People's Navy[source] | — |
| Preceded by | Koni class Grisha class[source] | — |
| Subclasses | Project 11661 Tatarstan Project 11661K Dagestan Project 11661E Gepard: Gepard 3.9: Batch I; Batch II Gepard 5.1 Gepard 5.3[source] | — |
| Cost | 11661E (Gepard 3.9 batch I): US$175 million per ship 11661E (Gepard 3.9 batch II): US$350 million per ship (price included ammunition, maintenance packages signed between Vietnam and Russia )[source] | — |
| Built | 1991–2016[source] | — |
| Planned | 10[source] | — |
| Completed | — | |
| Cancelled | — | |
| Active | — | |
| Type | Frigate[source] | — |
| Propulsion | Twin-shaft CODOG , FPP, 2 × 14,300 + 1 × 6,000 (kW)[source] | — |
| Endurance | 20 days[source] | — |
| Sensors & processing systems | MR-231-1 Pal navigation radar Mineral-ME shipborne multifunctional radar system (including guidance and target designation functions for cruise missiles ) 5P-26/MR-352 Pozitiv-ME1/-ME1.2 3D active shipborne radars 5P-10E-03E Laska fire control radar for naval gun and CIWS Sonar : MGK-335EM-03 with under-keel antenna[source] | — |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | EW Suite : 2 × Bell Shroud passive intercept, 2 × Bell Squat jammers, Countermeasures : 4 × 16-barreled Pk-16 decoy launchers[source] | — |
| Armament | Artillery: 1 × 76.2mm AK-176M/MA naval gun 2 × AK-630M CIWS ( Tatarstan and VPN configuration) Cruise missiles : 8 × UKSK VLS cells for Kalibr missiles ( Dagestan ) (up to 16x cells in configurations offered to the export market; options for Club-N , Yakhont and BrahMos missile systems are available) 2 × quadruple launchers (2×4) Kh-35 anti-ship missiles ( Tatarstan and VPN 's Batch I & II configuration) Anti-submarine warfare : 2 × 533mm DTA-53 twin-tube (2×2) torpedo launchers (not featured on VPN 's Batch I) Naval mines Anti-air warfare : 1 × Palash/Palma-SU CIWS featured with 8x Sosna-R short range air defense missiles ( Dagestan and VPN configuration) 1 × Osa-M twin-launcher for 20x 9M33M short range air defense missiles ( Tatarstan ) 12 × Shtil-1 VLS cells for 9M317ME medium-range surface-to-air missiles (offered configuration for the export market)[source] | 4 × 40 mm guns 6 × 20 mm guns[source] |
| Notes | [1][source] | — |
| National origin | Russia[source] | — |
| Builder | — | Basalt Rock Company[source] |
| Laid down | — | 6 January 1945[source] |
| Launched | — | 4 August 1945[source] |
| Sponsored by | — | Mrs. Harry Burris[source] |
| Commissioned | — | 15 May 1946[source] |
| Decommissioned | — | 20 September 1994[source] |
| Stricken | — | 30 September 1994[source] |
| Identification | — | Hull number : ARS-43[source] |
| Fate | — | Transferred to Taiwan , 30 September 1998[source] |
| Acquired | — | 30 September 1998[source] |
| Status | — | Active[source] |
| Class & type | — | Bolster -class rescue and salvage ship[source] |
| Source measurement | — | USS Recovery (ARS-43) was a Bolster -class rescue and salvage ship of the United States Navy , which remained in commission for over 48 years. Laid down on 6 January 1945 by the Basalt Rock Company in Napa, California , the ship was launched on 4 August 1945, and commissioned on 15 May 1946. In American service, the vessel supported NASA 's Project Mercury spaceflights and recovery and the search for the lost submarine USS Thresher . The ship was removed from American service, transferred to Taiwan, and commissioned on 1 March 1999 in the Republic of China Navy as ROCS Da Juen (ARS-556) . The vessel was later renamed Ta De .[source]USS Recovery · Lead; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage Recovery was decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 30 September 1994. She was transferred to Taiwan on 30 September 1998, under the Security Assistance Program, and commissioned on 1 March 1999 in the Republic of China Navy as ROCS Da Juen (ARS-556), where she remains in commission under the name Ta De (ARS-556).[source]USS Recovery · Construction and career / Service with Taiwan; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage |