15.12.2011
Project 20180TV seagoing armament support ship Akademik Kovalev will be laid down at Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center in Severodvinsk on Dec 20, 2012 at 11 am, told a source in the shipyard to .
Among guests invited to the solemn keel-laying ceremony are Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Vysotsky, president of JSC
United Shipbuilding Corporation Roman Trotsenko, director general and chief designer of
Almaz Central Design Bureau Alexander Shlyakhtenko, representatives of defense ministry and other central control facilities, city authorities of Severodvinsk. Representative delegation fr om
Rubin Central Design Bureau, the place wh ere academician Sergei Kovalev used to work, is expected to arrive as well. His son Alexei is invited individually.
The new ship will be named in honor of Sergei N. Kovalev, general designer of Soviet nuclear-powered submarines, twice Hero of Socialist Labor, academician of Russian Academy of Science, laureate of the Lenin Prize and State Prize of the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation, a man who made priceless contribution in strengthening of national defense power.
Project 20180TV seagoing armament support ship is designed for delivery of various arms and ammunitions to warships and submarines.
Basic technical characteristics of the ship:
- length – 107.6 meters
- beam overall – 17.8 meters
- full-load displacement – 6,300 tons
- crew - 60 men
The ship is equipped with heliport for
Ka-27-class helicopters.
The project was developed by
Almaz Central Design Bureau (St. Petersburg) on the basis of rescue tug
Zvezdochka built by the same-named shipyard in Severodvinsk and put in service in 2010.
