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Russia's First Priboy LHD Amphibious Assault Ship to Cost $675 Millions

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Russia's First Priboy LHD Amphibious Assault Ship to Cost $675 Millions
 
The lead Priboy-class amphibious assault ship will cost about 40 billion rubles ($675 million) and it will take up to five years to build it, Head of the Prospective Shipbuilding Department at Russia’s Krylov State Research Center Vladimir Pepelyayev told TASS.
     
Russia starts design work on Priboy LHD Amphibious Assault ShipPriboy LHD scale model showcased by Krylov during Army 2016 exhibition.
     
In all, Russia’s Navy is planning to receive two amphibious assault ships before 2025, he added.

"At our estimates, such a ship will cost around 40 billion rubles, considering all development stages, construction and trials," Pepelyayev said.

Speaking about the timeframe, the department’s head said that it would take about one year to work out a rough design and 1-1.5 years to develop a detail design and then the development of its design documentation and construction will follow.
     
Russia starts design work on Priboy LHD Amphibious Assault ShipImage showing Krylov Central Scientific Research Institute's Avalanche (Lavina) Project with the official seal of the Russian Navy.
     
"In all, no less than five years will pass from the beginning of the R&D work to the delivery of the ship to the Navy," Pepelyayev said.

According to him, the requirements specification for the development of the amphibious assault ship has not been received yet.

"If a decision to build the ship is taken soon, the Krylov State Research Center will be able to complete the work on the conceptual design in cooperation with the Nevskoye Design Bureau before the yearend and then the design bureau will be able to start developing the amphibious assault ship," Pepelyayev said.

As Russian Navy Deputy Commander-in-Chief for Armament Vice-Admiral Viktor Bursuk said earlier, the Navy is planning to receive at least two Priboy-class amphibious assault ships by 2025.

According to him, the Navy needs such ships and the new 2018-2025 state armament program envisages their development and construction.

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Russia starts design work on Priboy LHD Amphibious Assault ShipPriboy LHD scale model showcased by Krylov during Army 2016 exhibition.
     
About the Priboy LHD
Russian Krylov State Research Center has developed the Priboy LHD on its own initiative. It is significantly different from the Mistral landing helicopter dock designed by DCNS. Priboy is intended for seaborne movement of troops and military equipment and landing on beaches during amphibious operation in conjunction with other naval forces. It can support projection of soldiers and hardware, take part in offensive mining actions and mount sonar beacons of suspended array surveillance systems.

The Priboy ship has a displacement of 23,000 tones, a length of 200 meters, a width of 34 meters, a designed draught of 7.5 meters, a full speed of 20 knots, a cruising speed of 14 knots, an endurance of 6,000 miles and a cruising capacity of 30 days.

The ship can withstand storms of force 6-7 on the Beaufort scale (strong breeze/near gale).
The helicopter carrier is planned to be equipped with a gas-turbine main propulsion plant. The ship’s crew totals about 400. The vessel can transport 500-900 marines, about 50 infantry fighting vehicles and up to 10 tanks.

Up to 12 military transport and search and rescue helicopters can be based on the Priboy ship. It can also carry six landing boats with a cargo-carrying capacity of 45 tons and six assault boats on davits.

The Priboy`s armament suite includes two anti-air gun-missile combat modules, two close-in weapon systems and one 76mm naval gun.