Ukrainian salvage ship Oleksandr Okhrimenko

The search and rescue ship Oleksandr Okhrimenko
Soviet Union
Name	Svetlomor-4
Owner	Black Sea Shipping Company
Port of registry	Odesa
Builder	Keppel Fels, Singapore
Launched	1987
Ukraine
Name	Оleksandr Okhrimenko
Owner	Maritime Search and Rescue Service
Port of registry	Odesa
Acquired	1992
Out of service	2019
Identification	IMO number:  8606496 MMSI number: 272888000 Callsign: USJX
Ukraine
Name	Oleksandr Okhrimenko
In service	13 November 2019
General characteristics
Type	Salvage ship
Displacement	1,258 tons (empty) 2,258 tons (loaded)
Length	61 m (200 ft 2 in)
Beam	14 m (45 ft 11 in)
Draft	3.7 m (12 ft 2 in) (empty), 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) (loaded)
Propulsion	Wartsila 8R22HFD (2 × 1,300  kW (1,700  hp)) diesels; 3 Volvo Penta power supply units (190 kW (250 hp) each)
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) max
Range	5,800 mi (9,300 km)
Complement	26 men (by project), maximum 37 men (number of racks in compartments)

Oleksandr Okhrimenko is a search and rescue ship of the Naval Forces of Armed Forces of Ukraine belonging to 28th Naval Auxiliary Division.

History

Oleksandr Okhrimenko, a Project 2262 search and rescue ship, was built by Keppel Fels shipyard for the USSR. The ship was launched in 1987 as Svetlomor-4.

In late 1992 the ship was assigned to the Black Sea Shipping Company's expeditionary search and rescue group. In 2012 the ship was renamed Оleksandr Okhrimenko being reassigned to the state (treasury) company Maritime Emergency and Rescue Service (МАРС). Later it belonged to the Seaports Administration of Ukraine.

In 2016 the Seaports Administration ran a tender to find a contractor to rebuild the ship. The winner was Millenium Maritime, LLC, pledging to repair the vessel at a cost of ₴49 million. The Seaports Administration transferred funds with the exception of the few millions that were acknowledged as missing.

Millenium Maritime, LLC sued the Seaports Administration for ₴3 million, winning the case.

Finally, in December 2018 Solomyanskyi court in Kyiv removed the attachment from the ship to dispose it to the Ukrainian Navy.

The ship was formally disposed to the Ukrainian Navy from the Ministry of Infrastructure on August 29, 2019.

The ship appeared on the horizon at 15.30 and at 17:20 was moored at Pivdenna Naval Base, Praktychna harbor. ^[1]

On November 13 2019, solemn events on the occasion of the transfer of the search and rescue vessel to the Ukrainian Navy took place in Odesa. ^[2]

References

1. ""Oleksandr Okhrimenko" ship arrived in Odesa".
2. "Ukrainian NAVY has received Island-class patrol boats "Starobilsk", "Sloviansk" and search and rescue vessel "Oleksandr Okhrimenko"". Archived from the original on 2019-11-13.