| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | AS-34 |
| Laid down: | January 1988 |
| Launched: | 27 August 1989 |
| Commissioned: | 30 November 1989 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2010[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Priz-class deep submergence rescue vehicle |
| Displacement: | 55 tonnes (54 long tons) |
| Length: | 13.5 m (44 ft 3 in) |
| Beam: | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
| Height: | 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) |
| Speed: | 3.3 knots (6.1 km/h; 3.8 mph) maximum 2.3 knots (4.3 km/h; 2.6 mph) cruise 0.5 metres per second (1.6 ft/s) ascent speed |
| Range: | 21 nmi (39 km) |
| Endurance: | 120 hours with 4 aboard 10 hours with 24 aboard |
| Test depth: | 1,000 m (3,300 ft) |
| Capacity: | 20 passengers |
| Crew: | 5 |
AS-34 is a Russian Priz-class deep submergence rescue vehicle, or rescue mini-submarine, which went into service in 1989.[1]
In 2000 the AS-34 was stationed aboard the rescue ship Rudnetsky and participated in operations to attempt a rescue of personnel from the sunken submarine Kursk. The submarine managed to reach Kursk but was unable to establish a seal to fully dock on the ninth compartment and effect rescue.