pr.20181 / 20180TV Armament Support Ship
The 20180TV armament support ship was developed on the basis of the Project 20180 rescue tugboat Zvezdochka. In 2013 the construction of transport arms "Academician Kovalev" pr.20181 completed the formation of a ship's hull. In the spring of 2013 completed installation of rudder propellers and thrusters, prepared a place for the installation of crane equipment, which is expected in early 2014. During 2013 works on the completion of the formation of the hull. Even before the end of this work has begun installation of large equipment. In the ready room began izolirovochnyh and painting. To date the order was put under electrical work. Electricians ACT "Arctic" began installing the trunk cable and cable accessories.
The main task of the builders is the assembly of general ship systems - fuel, cooling seawater, fire fighting, ventilation of bottom-side valves and others. These works are matched with the installation of control panels general ship systems. In the coming year is to prepare thousands of pieces of electrical equipment for the power supply. In the New Year's holiday custom work will not stop. Already on January 3 painters started painting the body "Academician Kovalev." Time was running out. In the spring of the vessel must be inferred from the boathouse and launched. During the summer, "Zvezdochka" will be the last to finish the construction work already afloat.
Newest maritime transport weapons (MTV) Project 20180TV armament support ship "Academician Kovalev," was built at military shipyard "Ship Repair Center Zvezdochka" in Severodvinsk, the first time will be released into the sea on October 5 TASS reported 28 September 2015, the press service of the plant. "It is planned that" Academician Kovalev, "will be released on the first sea trials in the Sea on 5 October," - said the press service. As reported earlier in the shipyard, the ship determined deadlines - it should be handed over to the Russian Navy until the end of 2015.
MTV "Academician Kovalev," was launched in the summer of 2014 for completion afloat. The ice-class vessel is designed for loading, unloading and transport of samples of weapons. It has a length - 107.6 m; greatest width - 17.8 m; total displacement - 6.3 thousand tons; crew - 60 people. The contract for the construction of the ship was signed with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in September 2011. Draft Transport (20180TV) developed CMDB "Almaz" (St. Petersburg). It develops the concept of maritime rescue tug "Zvezdochka Shipyard", which was built Severodvinsk shipyard and delivered to the Navy in 2010.
"Academician Kovalev," named in honor of an outstanding designer of submarines Academician Sergey Kovalev (1919-2011). On the stocks "Zvezdochka Shipyard" built third unit of this project - a rescue towing vessel "Academician Alexander". Putting it into operation is planned for 2016. Order of the Commander of the Navy vessel under construction named Anatoly Alexandrov (1903-1994) - one of the fathers of the nuclear submarine fleet.
In July 2015, on the stocks "Zvezdochka Shipyard" included the fourth in a series of special purpose ship for the Russian Navy - MTV "Academician Makeyev." It is named in honor of the outstanding Russian scientist and engineer, chief designer of ballistic missiles combat submarine-based Victor Makeyev (1924-1985). As noted in the "Zvezdochka Shipyard" in the construction of this ship will do import substitution its key components. "Imports of ships and equipment will replace the products of St. Petersburg, Kolomna, Nizhny Novgorod machine builders, - explained in the shipyard. - Circle rudder propellers and thrusters will be made on the" Zvezdochka Shipyard ".
Until February 2015, the media dealt with the laying ship pr.20180TV. Redesign the ship is underway to replace imported equipment and generators.
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