As reported, at the shipyard of PJSC "Ship Repair and Shipbuilding Corporation" in Gorodets (Nizhny Novgorod region), a special marine vessel (training helicopter ship) of project 14400 (factory number 1440) has been removed from the boathouse for a long time.
A special marine vessel (training helicopter ship) of project 14400 (factory number 1440) is under construction, removed from the boathouse of the shipyard of PJSC "Ship Repair and Shipbuilding Corporation". Gorodets (Nizhny Novgorod region), October 2021 (from) skuter / forums.airbase.ru
Recall that the marine special vessel of the project 14400 is designed to train the crews of deck helicopters, including for practicing the skills of flight personnel during landing and take-off of Ka-27/29/31 and Ka-52 helicopters from helicopter-carrying ships of the Russian Navy, as well as for testing new types of shipboard helicopters, new aviation and technical means of flight support for helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles and electronic aviation controls.
The formal customer of the vessel project 14400 is the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Krylovsky State Scientific Center" (KGNC), the project was developed by the Central Design Bureau "Baltsudoproekt" (part of the "Krylovsky State Scientific Center"). The development of the aircraft part of the vessel was carried out by JSC "Center for Scientific and Technical Services "Dynamics" within the framework of the Russian Ministry of Defense funded ROC "Acceleration-Navy".The contract for the construction of the vessel was signed by KGNC with PJSC "Ship Repair and Shipbuilding Corporation" in December 2017, with the deadline for presenting the vessel for State testing in July 2019.
According to available information, the vessel should be based at Yeisk on the Sea of Azov, ensuring the activities of the 859th Center for Combat Use and Retraining of the flight personnel of the Russian Navy's naval aviation located there. It is still unclear whether the vessel will eventually become part of the Russian Navy or will operate on a contractual basis.
The laying of the vessel was carried out in Gorodets on June 28, 2018, the name of the vessel has not yet been assigned. However, the construction of the vessel was quickly suspended due to the unavailability of technical documentation and constant adjustments to the project, and was resumed only in October 2019, but after that the work is clearly slow. The final date of delivery of the vessel is unknown.
According to the developer, the vessel of the project 14400 should have a total displacement of 842 tons, the longest length is 66.9 m, the widest width is 12.7 m, the draft on the KVL is 2.1 m. The power plant is two-shaft with screws in the nozzles. The full speed of the vessel is 12 knots, the cruising range with a full fuel reserve is 500 miles, the autonomy of provisions and fresh water reserves is 2 days. The vessel will be equipped with a landing pad for a Ka-27 class helicopter and equipped with a pitching simulator.
