Yury Ivanov-class intelligence ship

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Yury Ivanov in 2019
Class overview
Builders	Severnaya Verf, Sankt Petersburg
Operators	Russian Navy
Preceded by	Vishnya class
Built	2004–present
In commission	2015–present
Planned	4
Completed	2
Active	2
General characteristics
Type	Intelligence collection ship
Displacement	4,000 tons full load
Length	95 m (311 ft 8 in)
Beam	16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Draught	4 m (13 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 × 11D42 diesel
Speed	20 kn
Range	8,000 mi (13,000 km)
Complement	120-131
Armament	4 × MTPU 14.5mm marine machine-gun installation 6 × 9K38 Igla Man-portable air-defense system launchers

The Yuriy Ivanov class (Project 18280) is a type of Russian SIGINT intelligence collection ship. The ship is designed by the JSC Central Design Bureau "Iceberg". The displacement of the ship is more than 4,000 tons, the cruising range not less than 8,000 miles (13,000 km) and its armament consists of light anti-aircraft weapons.^[1] The ship on its performance characteristics and capabilities is considerably superior to similar vessels of previous generations mainly due to the versatility and high level of automation and systems integration.^[2] The vessels of this class are designed for providing communication. The first ship, Yuriy Ivanov, was laid down in 2004 and was launched on 30 September 2013. The second ship, Ivan Khurs, was launched on 16 May 2017.^[3] Russia originally planned to build at least four such ships by 2020,^{[citation needed]} but this date was later pushed back to 2025.^[4]

A new contract for medium sized intelligence ships (such as project 18280) was signed at Army 2021 forum, possibly for Yury Ivanov-class ships.^[5]

In late May 2023, during the military invasion of Ukraine, Russia stated that the Ivan Khurs had been engaged by uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) belonging to Ukraine, with at least one USV being destroyed by weapons on board.^[6] Ukrainian defence intelligence confirmed the strike and said one of the drones had made contact with its target.^[7] On 25 May 2023, a video appeared which shows a USV reaching the ship within a few metres, after which the video feed cuts out. It is likely the USV detonated in very close proximity to the ship.^[8]

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  Ivan Khurs in 2020, as seen from USS Farragut
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  Ivan Khurs in 2020, as seen from USS Farragut

• List of ships of the Russian Navy
• List of ships of Russia by project number

• Возвращение корабля «Иван Хурс» в Севастополь без видимых повреждений стало одной из загадок войны - "The return of the ship "Ivan Khurs" to Sevastopol without visible damage has become one of the mysteries of the war." (www.agents.media, 27 May 2023)