TSAMTO, July 21. The superstructure for the project 20386 Mercury corvette was delivered from the Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant (SNSZ) to the Northern Shipyard (both enterprises are part of the USC).
The superstructure made of composite materials developed by the Almaz Central Design Bureau for the 20386 project is a unique hull structure. It has a high strength and a reduced specific gravity, which makes it possible to increase the useful volume of the ship to accommodate modern systems and equipment, office and living quarters for the crew on it.
The superstructure was delivered to the Northern Shipyard on a barge. The technologically complex unloading operation lasted several hours: the barge with the superstructure was brought into the factory floating dock and installed on special supports – "beds". After pumping out the water from the dock, they raised it to one level with the slipway, installed ship carts under the barge and rolled it out to the slipway, where they moved the superstructure to the site with the help of two cranes for further work on internal saturation.
Currently, hull works are being carried out on the Mercury corvette.
The multi-purpose corvettes of the project 20386 are the latest development of Russian designers. The corvettes are designed to detect and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships, ensure amphibious landings, as well as solve various tasks in the near sea zone. The ships are equipped with artillery, anti-missile, anti-submarine, sonar and radar systems. The project provides a hangar for the Ka-27 helicopter.
The message is posted in open access on the website of JSC "USC".
