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The Baltic Shipbuilding Plant Yantar has intensified work on the oceanographic research vessel Almaz of project 22010. This is stated in the press service of the company.
According to the report, the work on the construction of the Almaz OIC is gaining intensity, up to 200 people work on the ship every day. Almost all divisions of the plant and the electrical installation enterprise of JSC "SPO "Arctic" are involved, the task has been set to bring Almaz to pre-mooring work by the end of the year. As explained at the plant, a large delay in the construction of the vessel occurred due to import substitution, all replacements had to be coordinated with the design bureau that designed the vessel.
The Almaz vessel is the second vessel of the 22010 project and the first production vessel after the lead vessel Yantar. The vessels of the 22010 project are intended for the Main Directorate of Deep-Sea Research of the Ministry of Defense. The Almaz OIC was laid down in 2016, and launched at the end of October 2019. The displacement of the Almaz will be 5,200 tons, the length of the hull is 108.1 meters, the width is 17.2 meters. The cruising range is 8000 miles, the speed is 15 knots, the autonomy is 60 days, the crew is 60 people.
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Almaz is being built with some differences from the lead vessel of the series, it has lost its helipad, but it will accommodate two more deep-sea vehicles. As previously reported, the Mir-1 and Mir-2 deep-sea vehicles, which were previously located on the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh scientific vessel, will join the unmanned autonomous vehicles of the Rus and Consul classes.
The main purpose of the project 22010 vessel is to explore the oceans, including the seabed at great depths. It can also be used for rescue purposes, the equipment installed on it will allow searching for sunken objects on the seabed and ocean floor.