Today the ceremony of hoist of the flag at the newest armament store carrier Academic Kovalev has taken place in the Belomorskaya military naval base of the Northern Fleet in Severodvinsk (Arkhangelsk Region), says press center of RF Defence Ministry.
The ship has been delivered to the Northern fleet and in the nearest time the ship will perform a cruise to the permanent base at the Kola peninsula.
The armament store carrier Academic Kovalev (project 20180TV) has been built in the Ship repairing centre Zvezdochka in Severodvinsk. The keel laying ceremony was held on December 20, 2011.
Among the ship’s main features – good seakeeping performance and sea endurance. It is equipped for landing of Ka-27 helicopters.