The Sevmash enterprise is preparing to ship three bearings for the nuclear icebreaker "Leningrad" of Project 22220. This was reported by the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC).
The universal nuclear-powered ship is being built at the Baltic Shipyard USC in St. Petersburg.
In total, there are six bearings at different stages of the technological process at Sevmash. Another three are for the icebreaker "Stalingrad."
In 2024, the USC Sevmash enterprise manufactured and handed over to the customer a set of three products for the fifth icebreaker "Chukotka."
Technical characteristics of project 22220:
- Length — 173.3 m
- Width — 34 m
- Displacement — 33,540 t
- Board height — 15.2 m
- Draft in linear icebreaker mode — 10.5 m, in limited draft mode — 8.5 m
- Main power plant — two RITM-200 water-cooled nuclear reactors with a thermal capacity of 175 MW each
- Navigation autonomy — 6 months (in terms of food supplies), 7 years (in terms of fuel resource)
- Crew — 52 people
Earlier, www1.ru reported that a block section weighing 200 tons was loaded onto the latest nuclear-powered icebreaker "Chukotka."
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