Yaroslavsky Shipyard launches third serial landing craft of project 21820 (photo)
On June 5, 2014, Yaroslavsky Shipbuilding Plant OJSC launched the third serial landing craft of project 21820 (building No 702) built under the state contract with the RF Ministry of Defence, the shipyard’s press center says.
Landing crafts of the project 21820 are intended for high-speed transfer by sea and landing on an unequipped coast of human contingents, wheeled and tracked vehicles. High speed of the boat is ensured by the presence of the air cavity on the bottom, powerful diesel engines М507А-2D and ventilated water jet propellers.
Project 21820 was developed by the Nizhni Novgorod based design bureau named after R. E. Alekseev. Technical support of construction of the boats of the project 21820 was entrusted by the customer to the OJSC«Yaroslavlsky Shipyard», as the plant-builder.
Yaroslavsky Shipbuilding Plant (the managing company —CJSC «VP FINSUDPROM») is situated in the central part of Russia, on the bank of the river Volga. It is an Open Joint Stock Company since 1993. The company specializes in construction of both civil vessels and warships.
Yaroslavsky Shipyard has traditionally been one of the main suppliers of off-shore zone tugs for power departments of Russia. In December 2013, the delivery certificate was signed for the Viktor Konetsky, tug boat of project 745mbs, built under the state order for RF Ministry of Defense.
The shipyard’s current state-ordered projects are: seagoing tug of project 745 mbs and three landing boats of project 21820 for the RF Ministry of Defense; three high-speed patrol boats of project 12260 for the RF Federal Security Service; six boom-laying boats of project SV 2407 and three bunkering tankers of project RT 18 for the Federal Marine and River Transport Agency.