Country: USA.
Class, [Type]: Bear, [WMEC].
Homeport: Portsmouth.

Callsign: NIKL (     )

Builder: Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, USA.
Laid down: 3 April 1980.
Launch date: 19 March 1981.
Commission date: 16 March 1984.

Displacement ( tons ): 1800 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 82,5 x 11,5 x 4.
Main machinery: 2 x ALCO diesels ( 28000 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 20.
Range ( miles ): 12700 at 15 knots.
Complement: 100 ( 14 officers ) and 5 aircrew.

Guns: 1 x 1 76mm Mk75 OTO Melara, 2 x 1 12,7mm.

Radars: Surface: AN/SPS-73; Fire Control: Mk92; TACAN: AN/URN-25.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Mk36 SRBOC; ESM: AN/SLQ-32.
Helicopters: 1 x HH-65A Dolphin.

Year of visit the Black Sea:  2004