Moscow. December 23. INTERFAX-Russian Navy commander-in-Chief Nikolai Evmenov arrived in Kaliningrad on Wednesday to receive the large amphibious assault ship (BDK) "Pyotr Morgunov" into the Navy, the Russian defense Ministry said.
"Evmenov has arrived in Kaliningrad, where today, under his leadership, the Yantar shipyard will host the ceremony of accepting the newest large amphibious assault ship Pyotr Morgunov of project 11711 into the Navy," the report said.
BDK "Pyotr Morgunov" is the second ship of the project 11711, built at the Yantar shipyard.
As reported, "Peter Morgunov", the construction of which was started in February 2016, was planned to be transferred to the fleet in 2018. But only in may 2018, the BDK was launched. Factory sea trials began at the end of 2019. During this time, the ship repeatedly returned to the factory and interrupted them to eliminate the identified comments.
Construction was carried out in a tense situation, as it took into account the mistakes made first in the design of the lead ship of the project 11711 "Ivan Gren", and then the work to eliminate them"from the wheels".
Earlier it was planned that "Yantar" will build a series of 5 ships of the project 11711. Then it was decided that the Russian Navy refuses similar BDK in favor of ships of larger displacement.
However, in April 2019, Yantar laid two BDK improved project 11711 - "Vladimir Andreev" and "Vasily Trushin". These ships will be slightly larger in size, and also have one superstructure. The first should be completed in 2023, the second-in 2024.
BDK project 11711 is a development of the large amphibious ships of project 1171, which have proven themselves admirably over decades of service in the Soviet and later in the Russian Navy. At the same time, most of the design has undergone major changes.
The BDK can carry up to 300 paratroopers, up to 13 tanks or up to 36 armored vehicles of the main types, as well as towed artillery. The range of the campaign is up to 3.5 thousand nautical miles, the speed of the course is 16 knots. For landing on an unequipped coast, there are engineering pontoons, which, interlocking, form a bridge from the ship to the shore. Landing is possible with excitement up to 4 points.
