A vessel of special construction is designed to collect oil products, all types of garbage and floating objects from the surface of the water in ports and harbours. With the help of the propulsion system, the vessel is highly maneuverable, which allows the vessel to perform this work in the most inaccessible places of the berths, etc.

The vessel of project 25505 is a single-deck vessel with a welded hull, simplified contours, with a raised deck in the bow, with an engine room and a wheelhouse located in the aft, with an inclined bow and an elliptical stern, with a minimum freeboard. The autonomy of navigation in terms of fuel and water is five days. Operating conditions - with sea waves not more than 3 points and wind power not more than 4 points.

Oil Skimmer MUS-495 laid down at Azov Shipyard, commissioned on 1986, assigned to the Black Sea Fleet.

Now in service.