"We received refrigerating machines on March 17 almost a year after the delivery date. Now we can start mounting them on the ship. The work is scheduled for early April," Panfilov said.
Considering the delivery date of the remaining systems, large-scale work is expected to begin by summer as all the shipyard’s workshops will operate in full swing, Panfilov said.
The Project 11711 large amphibious assault ship Pyotr Morgunov developed by the Nevskoye Design Bureau was laid down by the Yantar Shipyard on June 11, 2015. The ship is planned to be delivered to Russia’s Navy in 2018.
The Project 11711 large amphibious assault ship has a displacement of about 6,000 tons, a length of 120 meters, a width of 16.5 meters, a speed of 18 knots and cruising capacity of 30 days. The ship has endurance of 3,500 miles at a speed of 16 knots, which allows it to operate on the high seas.
It can land from 300 to 380 marines, 36 armored personnel carriers or 13 main battle tanks.
Instead of marines, the Project 11711 ship can carry cargo weighing 1,500 tons.
The ship is armed with one 100mm A-190 gun, two 30mm AK-630M 6-barrel small-caliber antiaircraft artillery systems and two 122mm A-215 Grad-M 20-barrel multiple launch rocket systems. It can also carry the Kamov Ka-29 (NATO reporting name: Helix-B) troop lift or Ka-52K (Hokum-B) reconnaissance/attack helicopter.
As Navy Deputy Commander-in-Chief for Armament Vice-Admiral Viktor Bursuk told TASS earlier, only two Project 11711 large amphibious assault ships will be built for the Russian Navy.
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