Lead landing ship of Project 11711, Ivan Gren, enters the Baltic Sea for state trials (photo)
Lead landing ship of Project 11711, Ivan Gren, built by Kaliningrad-based Yantar Shipyard (United Shipbuilding Corporation) has entered the Baltic Sea today, 30 November 2017, for state trials.
Upon completion of the state trials in December 2017, the ship will be delivered to the customer, says the shipyard.
Landing ship Ivan Gren, the lead ship of Project 1171 designed by Nevskoye Design Bureau, was laid down in December 2004 and launched in May 2012. Sea trials were started in June 2016. The first serial ship of Project 11711, named Petr Morgunov, was laid down at Yantar in June, 2015. The ship is to be delivered to RF Navy in 2018.
Kaliningrad-based Baltic Shipbuilding Plant “Yantar” (Yantar Shipyard) was founded on July 8, 1945 on the basis of a Koenigsberg unit of German’s Schichau Werft. Yantar Shipyard specializes in building and repair of warships and civil boats. Throughout the years the Shipyard has built 160 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 40 companies and organizations (major shipbuilding and shiprepairing companies as well as leading design bureaus). Currently, USC consolidates the bulk 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.