TSAMTO, December 2. The floating workshop PM-82 of the Baltic fleet left Baltiysk and went to the Mediterranean sea to perform its intended tasks.
The crew of the PM-82 will have four months to ensure the technical readiness of ships and submarines of the Russian Navy compound performing tasks in this region.
This is the fourth long-distance trip to the Mediterranean for the crew of the floating workshop in the last three years.
An anti-terror group from the Baltic fleet marine corps unit is permanently stationed on Board the auxiliary vessel.
The PM-82 is the third vessel in a series of five floating workshops of project 304. the Floating workshops are designed to repair ships and vessels, their weapons and equipment in areas remote from the main bases, the press service of the Western military district reports.