PRV Yevgeny (KY-74)
_arrives_for_a_routine_port_visit._The_Norfolk-based_Ticonderoga-class.jpg) Yevgeny in 2024
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 Arkava
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| Name: | Yevgeny |
| Namesake: | Admiral Sergei Yevgeny |
| Ordered: | 1988 |
| Builder: | Fenventa Retoris Shipyard, Yaan |
| Laid down: | 12 May 1991 |
| Launched: | 15 October 1992 |
| Acquired: | 12 July 1993 (Kalythia), 24 April 2024 (Arkava) |
| Commissioned: | 20 November 1992 |
| Recommissioned: | 5 May 2024 |
| Homeport: | Saratrov Naval Base |
| Identification: | Hull number: KY-74 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 10,000 tonnes |
| Length: | 175 meters |
| Beam: | 16 meters |
| Draft: | 8 meters |
| Speed: | 33 knots |
| Range: | 5,200 nautical miles at 20 knots |
| Complement: | 340 crew |
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| Aircraft carried: | x2 AS532 Cougar helicopters |
| Aviation facilities: | 1 helicopter landing deck |
The PRV Yevgeny (KY-74) is a Kalythian Freedom Class guided missile cruiser that served with the Kalythian Navy as the KOF Emancipation (CG-578) and now serves with the Arkavan Navy. She is the first ship named for Admiral Sergei Yevgeny, who famously won the battle of XX in XX. The ship's keel was laid down in 1991 at Yaan by Fenventa Retoris Shipyard. She was launched on 15 October 1992, and commissioned in the Kalythian Navy on 20 November 1992.
Designed as a multi-mission ship, the Yevgeny is capable of sustained combat operations in anti-air, anti-submarine, anti-surface and strike operations. She is typically deployed alongside carrier battle groups, amphibious assault groups, ballistic missile defense, as well as interdiction and escort missions.
Ship history
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Decommissioning and sale
On 20 April 2024, the Emancipation was listed for sale by the Kalythian Ministry of Foreign Commerce as pressure from the government required the Navy to reduce the size of its reserve fleets. Four days later, the Emancipation was purchased by Arkava along with two other ships for a total price of $6.1 billion Kalyns, about 5.072 billion NSD. The ship was renamed the PRV Yevgeny, after the first Admiral of the Arkavan Navy. About a week later, a crew was mustered for travel to Kalythia to take possession of the ship, along with native advisors to train the new crew.
The Yevgeny arrived at Velirinsk Naval Base for further maintenance and Arkavan accommodations and upgrades with native technology suites. After about four months in dry dock, the ship was officially rechristened and put into active service on 10 August, 2024 with sea trials lasting for about a month. The crew, now fully trained and experienced, entered the active roster on 15 September 2024 and the ship was permanently stationed at Saratrov Naval Base.