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The Yantar Shipyard is a subsidiary of Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation.
"The crew of the large amphibious assault ship Ivan Gren together with Baltic Fleet Marines has started to check all shipborne military hardware embarkation and disembarkation systems," the spokesman said.
"Armored personnel carriers and tanks embark the ship on their own. The ship’s main function is to transport them to the destination point," he added.
According to the spokesman, the crew members together with shipbuilders are testing the ship’s main power plant, communication systems and bow and stern landing ramps.
The ship’s crew will hold live-firing against seaborne and aerial targets in the imminent future.
The Project 11711 large amphibious assault ship Ivan Gren is designed to land Marines on a coastal area seized by the enemy and transport military hardware and equipment. The ship can be also used to carry out humanitarian operations.
The ro-ro construction allows the armor to move by the tank deck from bow to stern ramps. The two-island ship has a hangar in the stern superstructure. The hangar can accommodate one helicopter but the moving device that expands its length allows it to house two helicopters. The hull and the superstructure are made of steel.
The ship can carry 13 tanks or 36 armored personnel carriers. It can also transport from 300 to 380 Marines. Instead of Marines, it can transport 1,500 tons of cargo. The ship can carry from one to two Kamov Ka-29 (NATO reporting name: Helix-B) troop lift helicopters. It can accommodate the Ka-52K (Hokum-B) shipborne rotorcraft as well. The ship Ivan Gren is armed with a 30mm AK-630M-2 Duet and two 30mm AK-630M small-caliber antiaircraft artillery systems. The ship has a displacement of 5,000 tons, a length of 120 meters, a width of 16.5 meters, a speed of 18 knots and a cruising capacity of 30 days. The ship’s crew totals 100.
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