TASS:
MOSCOW, November 26. /TASS/. The cutting-edge frigate Admiral Kasatonov under construction for the Russian Navy at the St. Petersburg-based Severnaya Verf Shipyard will enter sea trials in December 2018, Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Korolyov said on Monday.
“The trials of the Project 22350 frigate Admiral Kasatonov are planned for December this year. Next year, the trials of the most advanced large amphibious assault ship Pyotr Morgunov [Project 11711] are scheduled to begin. We are planning to accept precisely these ocean-class ships for service shortly,” the Navy chief said in an interview with the Russian Defense Ministry’s newspaper Krasnyaya Zvezda published on Monday.
This year, the Russian Navy will accept for service the frigates Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov and Admiral Makarov, the large amphibious assault ship Ivan Gren, the ice breaker Ilya Muromets and the sea-going logistics support vessel Elbrus, the Navy chief said.
