General Director of Shipyard "Yantar" spoke about the construction progress of the second pair of BDK project 11711
Construction of the second pair of large landing ships of the modernized project 11711 is proceeding according to schedule, both large landing ships are at the stage of hull formation. This was announced by Ilya Samarin, General Director of the Yantar Baltic Shipyard.
According to the CEO who leads TASS, by the end of this year, the body of one of the two large landing ships will be formed. We are talking about the ship "Vladimir Andreev". All work is on schedule, there is no lag. Also, by the end of this year, it is planned to complete the release of working design documentation, to contract the entire volume of component equipment, products and systems.
Samarin did not explain anything about the second large landing craft "Vasily Trushin". Nevertheless, a couple of days ago, the Yantar press service clarified that the body of the first large landing craft has already been fully formed, and by the end of the month it will be put on the slipway for final work. In parallel, work is underway to form the corps and the second large landing ship, all major cycles have been completed.
The second pair of the large landing craft "Vladimir Andreev" and "Vasily Trushin" was laid down on the "Yantar" according to the modernized project 11711. Compared to the first ships of the project, the new large landing ships have an approximately 40% increased displacement, which in turn implies a greater landing capacity of these ships ... The transfer to the Navy is scheduled for 2023-2024.
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