On September 15, the FSB flag was hoisted over the patrol ship Predanny (Faithful), project 22460, at the Almaz Shipyard, says press center of Severnoye Design Bureau. The ceremony was attended by the leadership of the Almaz Shipyard Ilyaz Mukhutdinov and Leonid Grabovets. Alexey Naumov, the chief designer for project 22460, was also present.
Joint Stock Shipbuilding Company "Almaz" was founded in 1933 as a shipyard of the USSR Coast Guard. Today St. Petersburg headquartered Almaz is a modern enterprise with a long shipbuilding tradition specializing in the construction, conversion, outfitting and repair of high-speed coast guard border patrol vessels and boats, of large and small tonnage ships, of multipurpose hovercrafts, ships and yachts for civil sector both for Russian and foreign customers. The company has two floating docks of 2,500 and 3,000 tonnes in capacity. Since its foundation Almaz has built over 1,000 ships including 500 ships for the Border Service of Russia.