Akademik Pashin tanker completes trials.

The Akademik Pashin tanker of project 23130 completed a stage of trials in late June to test interaction between the crew and a helicopter. The trials were held in the framework of acceptance tests together with the Navy, Nevsky Shipyard said.

Akademik Pashin tanker of project 23130 (Picture source: TASS)

"The tanker will soon leave for the home port of call in Murmansk. It is the biggest vessel ever floated by the shipyard. The tanker will operate for the Navy," it said.

Project 23130 tanker is a steel single-deck ship with a bow bulb and pram stern. The displacement is 12 thousand tons, the length is 130 meters. The speed is 16 knots and the range is 8 thousand nautical miles. The tanker is designed to carry and store liquid cargoes, including diesel fuel and air kerosene, as well as dry cargo, such as food and materiel. The construction contract was signed in November 2013 and the lead Akademik Pashin was laid in April 2014. Project 23130 ships can supply major warship formations and aircraft carrying groups.

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