Yantar Shipyard to launch Navy's frigate Admiral Makarov on September 2

Baltic Shipbuilding Plant “Yantar” (United Shipbuilding Corporation, Kaliningrad) is to launch the Admiral Makarov, third ship of Project 11356 being built for RF Navy, on September 2, 2015, says press center of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC).

The ceremony will be attended by the representatives of USC, RF Defence Ministry, RF Navy command, regional authorities and other officials.

The Admiral Makarov was laid down on February 29, 2012. The delivery of the ship is scheduled for 2016.

Baltic Shipyard “Yantar” based in Kaliningrad, Russia was founded on July 8,1945 on the basis of a Koenigsberg unit of German’s Schichau Werft. Yantar Shipyard specializes in building and repairs of warships and civil boats. Throughout the years the Shipyard has built 154 warships and more than 500 merchant vessels. The Russian Government holds majority stake in the shipbuilding firm through Western Center of Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation.

United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC OJSC) is the largest shipbuilding company in Russia. It was set up in 2007 with 100% federal ownership. The holding comprises 60 companies and organizations (major shipbuilding and shiprepairing companies as well as leading design bureaus). Currently, USC consolidates about 80% of the domestic shipbuilding complex. The Russian market is the main focus of the state corporation though it also exports its products to 20 countries worldwide.