Transports ammunition to submarines and surface ships: USC shipbuilders begin construction of a sea transport for the Russian Navy

A new stage in the construction of a sea transport for the Russian Navy has begun at the USC "Vympel" shipyard. The vessel "Vladimir Pyalov" of project 20360M was rolled out of the boathouse and placed on an open slipway.

At this stage, it is planned to install the upper tier of the superstructure, and then launch the vessel. The vessel is named after the outstanding designer of nuclear submarines Vladimir Nikolaevich Pyalov, former chief designer of the USC "Malachite" design bureau.

The sea transport project was developed by the USC "Vympel" design bureau from Nizhny Novgorod. The vessel is designed to receive, store and transport dangerous goods of hazard category 1–6 to submarines and surface ships - fully prepared and tested torpedoes, anti-submarine, cruise and anti-aircraft missiles, mines, hydroacoustic countermeasures, artillery ammunition of all calibers. Vessels of project 20360M can carry out their activities at coastal berths, on undeveloped coasts, on internal and external roads of the main bases, at concentrated basing points, and at sea with waves of no more than 3 points. It is planned that after completion of construction, "Vladimir Pyalov" will go to serve in the Baltic Fleet.

The vessel can perform the following additional tasks:

• localization and collection of petroleum products with a flash point of more than 60 °С

from the sea surface (oil spill response equipment in a container version is not an accessory of the vessel);

•  helicopter reception (without basing and refueling);

• transportation of containers on the open part of the deck, as well as other deck and hold cargo.

"Vladimir Pyalov" has a full displacement of more than 3600 tons, its length is about 80 meters. It has high seaworthiness and cruising range. The vessel is equipped with ice reinforcement of the hull, double bottom and sides, and also has two cargo holds, a platform for transporting goods in containers, a crane with a lifting capacity of 20 tons and a bow helicopter landing pad.

It should be reminded that the solemn laying of the second in the series of two sea transport vessels of armament (MTV) of project 20360M, factory number 01552 "Vladimir Pyalov", took place on March 15, 2018 at the Nobel Brothers Shipyard.

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