Russian Large Amphibious Assault Ship Ivan Gren to Start Shipbuilders Sea Trials in Late April

: Posted On Tuesday, 12 April 2016 08:47

Naval Forces News - Russia

Russian Large Amphibious Assault Ship Ivan Gren to Start Shipbuilders Sea Trials in Late April

The Project 11711 large amphibious assault ship Ivan Gren being built at the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad in west Russia for the Navy will start undergoing shipbuilders sea trials in late April, shipyard chief shipbuilder Igor Leonov said on Monday.

Project 11711 large amphibious assault ship Ivan Gren

"Perhaps, the most complex order, the large amphibious assault ship Ivan Gren, is coming close to one of the most important stages of its construction. It will start undergoing shipbuilders sea trials in late April," the shipyard’s newspaper quoted Leonov as saying.

According to him, the shipyard is currently preparing the vessel for its passage to the port of Baltiysk where it will go to sea as part of its shipbuilders sea trials.

"There is no secret that this ship is complex and many questions to the developer and suppliers emerge," Leonov said.

According to him, the latest problem related to diesel generators produced by the Diesel Engine Factory in the Urals.

As Project 11711 Head Andrei Parfenov said, the vessel may complete its dockside trials in mid-April if "all the planned tasks are implemented and no force majeure circumstances emerge."
As it was reported earlier, the Project 11711 large amphibious assault ship Ivan Gren is planned to be delivered to the Russian Navy in 2016, probably, in the second quarter.

The Project 11711 lead ship Ivan Gren was laid down at the Yantar Shipyard in December 2004. Its delivery date was numerously delayed due to financing and design problems. The ship Ivan Gren was put afloat in May 2012. The Yantar Shipyard laid down the second Project 11711 large amphibious assault ship Pyotr Morgunov on June 11, 2015.

The Project 11711 large amphibious assault ship is designed to land marines and transport military hardware and equipment. The vessel can carry 13 tanks or 36 infantry fighting vehicles, as well as up to 300 marines.
The Project 11711 large amphibious assault ship is armed with three six-barreled 30mm guns and two Kamov Ka-29 (NATO reporting name: Helix-B) combat/transport helicopters.

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