PJSC Ship Repair and Shipbuilding Corporation (SSK) announced that on April 24, 2024 at its shipyard in Gorodets (Nizhny Novgorod region) The launch of a special marine vessel (training helicopter ship) of project 14400 with the factory number 1440, named "Nikolai Kamov", which has been under construction for a long time, took place. It is stated that the delivery of the vessel is now scheduled for the end of 2024.
Launched at the enterprise of PJSC "Ship Repair and Shipbuilding Corporation" (SSK), a special marine vessel (training helicopter ship) "Nikolai Kamov" (factory number 1440) of project 14400 is under construction. Gorodets (Nizhny Novgorod region), 04/24/2024 (c) PJSC "Ship Repair and Shipbuilding Corporation"
A press release from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation says that the vessel is being built in the interests of the Russian Navy.
The press release reports that Dmitry Savin, General Director of PJSC Ship Repair and Shipbuilding Corporation, Rear Admiral Ilyas Shigapov, Head of the Shipbuilding Department of the Main Command of the Navy, and Colonel Andrei Pakhomov, Head of Naval Aviation, Colonel Andrey Pakhomov, General Director of JSC Center for Scientific and Technical Services Dynamics, Alexander participated in the launching ceremony Morozov, Deputy General Director for Special Projects of FSUE Krylovsky State Scientific Center Dmitry Novikov, Chief Designer of the Central Design Bureau Baltsudoproekt Andrey Obukhov, the leadership of the Gorodetsky Municipal District, as well as Bishop Gorodetsky and Vetluzhsky Paramon.
After completion of the construction and testing complex, the vessel will be transferred to the Center for Training and Retraining of Naval Aviation Personnel in the city of Yeysk.
On the part of bmpd, we recall that the marine special vessel of the 14400 project is designed to train the crews of deck helicopters, including for practicing the skills of flight personnel during landing and takeoff 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 helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles and electronic aviation controls.
The formal customer of the project 14400 vessel is the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Krylov State Scientific Center (KGNC), the project was developed by the Central Design Bureau Baltsudoproekt (part of the Krylov 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 submitting the vessel for State Testing in July 2019.
The vessel should be based at Yeysk on the Sea of Azov, ensuring the activities of the 859th Center for Combat Use and Retraining of Naval Aviation Personnel of the Russian Navy located there.
The laying of the vessel was carried out in Gorodets on June 28, 2018. 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 even after that the work was carried out very slowly, stretching for four and a half years.
According to the developer, the vessel of project 14400 has a total displacement of 842 tons, the longest is 66.9 m, the widest is 12.7 m, and the draft 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 is 2 days. The vessel is equipped with a landing pad for a Ka-27 class helicopter and is equipped with a pitching simulator.
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Launching ceremony at the enterprise of PJSC Ship Repair and Shipbuilding Corporation (SSK) in Gorodets (Nizhny Novgorod region) a special marine vessel (helicopter training ship) under construction "Nikolay Kamov" (factory number 1440) of project 14400, 04/24/2024 (c) PJSC "Ship Repair and Shipbuilding Corporation"
The special marine vessel (helicopter training ship) Nikolay Kamov (factory number 1440) of project 14400, which is under construction at the enterprise of PJSC Ship Repair and Shipbuilding Corporation (SSK), before launching. Gorodets (Nizhny Novgorod region), 04/24/2024 (c) forums.airbase.ru
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