A vessel of special construction designed for combat training of warships and combat aircrafts. It is a steel single hull vessel without a crew. Vertical masts with a net between them are installed on the deck. On the tops of the masts, special corner radar reflectors are installed, which significantly increase radar visibility, and allow the use of anti-ship missiles on them, as well as the use of naval artillery firing radars. The registration of the effectiveness of hits is recorded by net breaks between the masts, as well as high-speed film and photo equipment (recently - video equipment). The use of a target barges is possible both as a fixed target and on the move (in tow).

Target Barge SM-294 commissioned on 1972 and was assigned to the Black Sea Fleet.

The target barge was decommissioned in 2017.