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{{short description|Russian (formerly Soviet) icebreaker}}
{{about||another ship of the same name|Krasin (1916 icebreaker)|the Polish village|Krasin, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship}}
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|Ship caption=NSF picture of Russian icebreaker ''Krasin'' on its way to McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
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|Ship country=[[Russia]]
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Soviet Union|government}} {{shipboxflag|Russia|government}}
|Ship name=''Krasin''
|Ship namesake=[[Leonid Borisovich Krasin]]
|Ship owner=[[Far East Shipping Company]] (FESCO)<ref name="equasis" /><ref name=Fesco>{{cite web| url=http://www.fesco.ru/en/assets/fleet-fesco/vessels/icebreakers/krasin/| title=FESCO vessels: Krasin| publisher=[[Fesco Transport Group]]| accessdate=2008-07-20}}</ref>
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|Ship registry=[[Vladivostok]], {{flag|Russia}}<ref name="rs" />
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|Ship builder=[[Wärtsilä]] [[Hietalahti shipyard|Helsinki Shipyard]], Helsinki, Finland
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|Ship identification=*[[Maritime call sign|Call sign]]: UIFY<ref name="rs" />
*{{IMO number|7359644}}<ref name="rs" />
*{{MMSI|273143900}}<ref name="equasis">{{csr|register=E|id=7359644|shipname=Krasin|accessdate=2011-10-13}}</ref>
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|Ship type=[[Icebreaker]]
|Ship tonnage=*{{GT|14,508}}
*{{NetT|4,217}}
*{{DWT|7,554}}
|Ship displacement=20,247&nbsp;tons
|Ship length={{convert|134.84|m|ft|abbr=on}} ([[Length overall|overall]])
|Ship beam=*{{convert|25.97|m|ft|abbr=on}} (moulded)
*{{convert|26.05|m|ft|abbr=on}} (max)
|Ship height={{convert|45.60|m|ft|abbr=on}} from keel<ref name="Fesco" />
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|Ship depth={{convert|16.71|m|ft|abbr=on}}
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|Ship ice class=LL2
|Ship power=9&nbsp;×&nbsp;[[Wärtsilä]]-[[Sulzer (manufacturer)|Sulzer]]&nbsp;12ZH40/48 (9&nbsp;×&nbsp;3,385&nbsp;kW)
|Ship propulsion=*3 × [[Strömberg (company)|Strömberg]] DC motors (3&nbsp;×&nbsp;8,820&nbsp;kW)
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|Ship speed=*{{convert|20.30|kn}} (max)
*{{convert|19.8|kn}} (service)<ref name="Fesco" />
*{{convert|2|kn}} in {{convert|1.8|m|ft|abbr=on}} level ice<ref name="jmlista">[http://portal.fma.fi/sivu/www/baltice/jaanmurtajalista.pdf The world icebreaker, ice breaking supply and research vessel fleet] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195209/http://portal.fma.fi/sivu/www/baltice/jaanmurtajalista.pdf |date=October 29, 2013 }}. Baltic Ice Management, February 2011. {{retrieved | accessdate=2011-10-07}}</ref>
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The '''''Krasin''''' ({{langx|ru|Красин}}) is a Russian (formerly [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]) [[icebreaker]]. The vessel operates in polar regions.
==History==
The ship was built at the [[Wärtsilä]] [[Hietalahti shipyard|Helsinki Shipyard]] in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]] in 1976.<ref name=Fesco/> Named after an early [[Bolshevik]] leader and [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] diplomat [[Leonid Krasin]] and an [[Krasin (1917 icebreaker)|earlier icebreaker of the same name]].
==Design==
The second ''Krasin'' is a triple-[[Propeller|screw]] diesel-powered icebreaker owned by the [[Far East Shipping Company]] (FESCO) and is based in [[Vladivostok]]. The hull has a friction-reducing coating.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.usap.gov/conferencesCommitteesAndWorkshops/userCommittees/documents/ARVOCJune2006McM05-06IcebreakRsplyRpt.pdf| title=Ship Resupply 2005/2006| publisher=U.S. Antarctic Program| accessdate=2008-07-20}}</ref>
''Krasin'' can break ice {{convert|6|ft|m|0}} thick.<ref name=philately>{{cite web| url=http://www.newzeal.com/theme/Ships/Russia/krasin.htm| title=''Krasin''| publisher=Antarctic Philately| accessdate=2008-07-20}}</ref>
==Service==
During the 2004–2005 season (Operation Deep Freeze 2005), the [[United States Antarctic Program]] hired the ''Krasin'' as a secondary vessel to help clear a channel to [[McMurdo Station]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rusembcanada.mid.ru/pr/211204_1_e.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20050217090439/http://www.rusembcanada.mid.ru/pr/211204_1_e.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-02-17 |title=Russian Ice-Breaker ''Krasin'' Heading for Antarctic to Rescue U.S. Polar Station McMurdo |publisher=Russian Embassy Press Release |date=2004-12-21 |accessdate=2008-07-20 }}</ref> because the [[United States Coast Guard|Coast Guard]] icebreaker ''[[USCGC Polar Star|Polar Star]]'' faced a record cut through [[fast ice]] of more than {{convert|90|mile|km|-1}}. The ''Krasin'' departed Vladivostok on December 21, 2004, and arrived at the Ross Sea ice edge one month later.<ref name=philately/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/coldscience/2005-02-06-mcmurdo-ships_x.htm |title=U.S., Russian icebreakers open path to Antarctic base| accessdate=2008-01-09| date=February 6, 2005| publisher=USA Today}}</ref>
The ''Krasin'' departed the Ross Sea on 9 February, reaching  Vladivostok on March 5, 2005. She is unlikely to return to the Antarctic as FESCO have signed a multi-year contract for ''Krasin'' to support oil rig operations in the [[Sea of Okhotsk]] from March 2005 onwards.<ref name=philately/> Along with her sister ship ''[[Admiral Makarov (icebreaker)|Admiral Makarov]]'', ''Krasin'' has been providing winter escort to large capacity tankers from the port of [[De-Kastri]] ([[Khabarovsk]]) as part of the [[Sakhalin-I]] project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vladivostoktimes.com/show.php?id=5592 |title=Ice Breakers left Vladivostok for Sakhalin Coast |publisher=Vladivostok Times |date=December 24, 2006 |accessdate=2008-07-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717225651/http://vladivostoktimes.com/show.php?id=5592 |archivedate=July 17, 2011 }}</ref> During the summer months she provides escort on the [[Northern Sea Route]] to the Eastern sector of Arctic servicing sea terminals of [[North Chukotka]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.fesco.ru/en/press-center/news/2007-07-18-02063| title=Icebreaker the Krasin pursued to East Arctic| publisher=FESCO| accessdate=2008-07-20| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002232453/http://www.fesco.ru/en/press-center/news/2007-07-18-02063/| archivedate=2011-10-02}}</ref>
In September 2022, it was announced that ''Krasin''{{'}}s 1974-built sister ship ''Ermak'' would be dismantled for parts to keep the 1976-built icebreaker in service.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ru/society/20/09/2022/63297ac29a79471664dbf757|title=Ледокол "Ермак" разберут на запчасти для ремонта "Красина"|trans-title=Icebreaker "Ermak" will be dismantled for spare parts for the repair of "Krasin"|language=ru|publisher=RBC|date=20 September 2022|accessdate=21 September 2022}}</ref>
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==External links==
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*[http://www.southpolestation.com/news/archive.html Account of ''Krasin's'' expedition to McMurdo Sound.]
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