Russian Naval Construction Plans and Statistics Update

The 59-year-old age of the Kulakov, however, is not indicative, since the ship spent 20 years in a protracted repair.

59 years? She was laid down in 1977 & commissioned in 1981, so that makes her 39.

Interesting article. I agree on the suggestion about transferring orders for smaller ships from Severnaya verf to other shipyards, and I already wrote in other posts that ships of the 2038x series 20381, 20385 and 20386 could be produced instead in Amur or Pella.
Yantar could actually build even 22350M, since in soviet times was building the similar sized 1155 antisubmarine destroyers (Udaloy class).


I believe in normal condition, and with the systems already developed, 7 years is way too much as a building time for serial frigates of the 22350 and 22350M class(except maybe for the pilot ship of the enlarged serie, if it needs additional testing before acceptance by the navy).

3 and 4 years should be feasible times from the laid down to the commissioning  and these were the building and testing times for the Taiwar class frigates from the baltic shipyard in saint Petersburg  and from yantar in Kaliningrad.

Must see, fresh aerial video of Zaliv shipyard in Kerch (Crimea).

Clearly seen are:
- The 22160 class ships Pavel Derzhavin (already floated) and Sergei Kotov (Building)
- The 3 Karakurt class missile ships in advanced stage of construction
- The 2 cable layers Volga and Vyatka

This video shows how big Zaliv is. Despite all the above ships being built there, this shipyard is still underutilized and can accept a few more orders.

Update from Charly015 on status of new Russian surface & submarine in construction



(thought the Khabarovsk (Proj 9851) Poseidon UUV carrier looks way too small given that it's reckoned to be a ~10,000 ton boat )

There's a lot of activity here when its all presented in a single graphic.  How can this be when Russia has "a GDP smaller than Italy" ( )....  

Because Putin is starving his own people to build all this weapons.

Big_Gazza wrote:
There's a lot of activity here when its all presented in a single graphic.  How can this be when Russia has "a GDP smaller than Italy" ( )....  

Yup, and doesn't even include the multitudes of support vessels and coast guard vessels. The coast guard is getting 2 Ivan Papanin class vessels of its own.

Big_Gazza wrote:Update from Charly015 on status of new Russian surface & submarine in construction

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EN7whQJXsAE7T_Z.jpg

(thought the Khabarovsk (Proj 9851) Poseidon UUV carrier looks way too small given that it's reckoned to be a ~10,000 ton boat )...

It's quite funny, Khabarovsk is just modified Borei SSBN but here it looks like diesel sub

They really should replace it on next graph

Charly15 is missing 4 KARAKURT (Akold, Amur, Rzhev and Udolmiya) class vessels on his chart.

Construction of warships of the ocean and far sea zone for the Russian Navy on 02/01/2020

Why the Navy refused to build super destroyers

For the price of 1 Leader they can build several smaller FF/DD/CGs- the time for white elephants is over. Even China with more $ & longer SLOCs to defend in ice-free waters doesn't plan to build similar class of ships.
https://regnum.ru/news/it/2922231.html

Spinners always spinning.

None of the reasons given now as to why those programs were supposedly axed were somehow unknown at the time the designs and the planning to acquire them were made. Those programs got the go-ahead because a strategy was built around them, with projections that made them possible.

The purse strings are simply getting extra tight. No extra spin needed. Capability wise, Russia has a joke Navy whose only saving grace is its submarine fleet. With these developments, that isn't set to change for decades to come. Good luck getting a Zircon loaded frigate across the Atlantic or the Pacific.

Construction of the ocean and far sea zone warships for the Russian Navy on 01.06.2020



https://navy-korabel.livejournal.com/239621.html

List of ships and subs that are expected to be commissioned during the remainder of this year:

Knyaz Vladimir (project 955A Borei-A class): Already commisioned, will raise the Andreevky flag tomorrow
Kazan (project 885M - Yasen class): Completing sea trials, state trials will start in the fall and will last 2 months. May make it for 2020 (otherwise in early 2021)
Volkhov (project 636 - Kilo class): Finishing sea trials
Peter Morgunov (project 11711 - Ivan Gren class): Sea trials almost finished
Admiral Kasatonov (project 22350 - Gorshkov class):State tests completed
Gremyashy (project 20385 - Gremyashy class): Sea trials almost completed
Aldar Tsydenzhapov (project 20380 - Steregushy class): About to start sea trials
Pavel Derzhavin (project 22160 - Vassily Bykov class): On sea trials
Grayvoron (Project 21631 Buyan-M class): Mooring trials began
Odintsovo (project 22800 - Karakurt class):On sea trials

TheArmenian wrote:List of ships and subs that are expected to be commissioned during the remainder of this year:

Knyaz Vladimir (project 955A Borei-A class): Already commisioned, will raise the Andreevky flag tomorrow
Kazan (project 885M - Yasen class): Completing sea trials, state trials will start in the fall and will last 2 months. May make it for 2020 (otherwise in early 2021)
Volkhov (project 636 - Kilo class): Finishing sea trials
Peter Morgunov (project 11711 - Ivan Gren class): Sea trials almost finished
Admiral Kasatonov (project 22350 - Gorshkov class):State tests completed
Gremyashy (project 20385 - Gremyashy class): Sea trials almost completed
Aldar Tsydenzhapov (project 20380 - Steregushy class): About to start sea trials
Pavel Derzhavin (project 22160 - Vassily Bykov class): On sea trials
Grayvoron (Project 21631 Buyan-M class): Mooring trials began
Odintsovo (project 22800 - Karakurt class):On sea trials

marat wrote:Just one Karakut?

Engine delivery problems

They have half a dozen sitting around waiting for diesels

On July 16, shipbuilders will lay down :

- 2x upgraded Project 22350 frigates
- 2x Project 885M ‘Yasen-M’ multi-purpose nuclear submarines
- 2x Project 23900 multi-purpose amphibious assault ships

https://tass.com/defense/1178283

Here is what is confirmed to be laid down during July 2020:

On the 20th of July
- 2x upgraded Project 22350 frigates
- 2x Project 885M ‘Yasen-M’ multi-purpose nuclear submarines
- 2x Project 23900 multi-purpose amphibious assault ships

On the 25th of July
- 1x Project 12700 Minesweeper (name: Lev Chernavin)

Before end of July:
- 2x Project 22350 Arctic Patrol icebreakers for the FSB (these will have less armed than the Navy units being built at Admiralty shipyard. The FSB units will be built in Vyborg shipyard)

There may be surprises too, here are some other ships that have already been ordered (with contracts), some of these could be laid down too during the month of Navy Day Celebrations:

- 2x Borei-A submarines (not very likely as 2x Yasens are being laid down in the same shipyard, but still a possibility)
- 2x Kilo class submarines (the last 2 of the 6 ordered 4 the Pacific fleet)
- 1x Project 22800 Karakurt for the Pacific (name: Podolsk)

That's a damn fine amount of warships, hopefully they all pan out

I do like how those patrol icebreakers are picking up, Vyborg shipyard has been a nice little workhorse



I personally think that it would not be a bad idea to swap out those two Boreis for two more Yasens this year

Considering the fact that USN opted to order no more than 12 Columbia SSBNs and that they will carry same number of missiles as Borei it means that there will be less pressure on SSBN fleet so it may be more pragmatic to order extra 2 Yasens now and move new Boreis for next year

SSN/SSGN fleet is in much tighter spot than SSBN one

TheArmenian wrote:


- 2x Borei-A submarines (not very likely as 2x Yasens are being laid down in the same shipyard, but still a possibility)

2 Borei-A in 2021

Interview with USC's Rakhmanov covering the current status of naval construction in Russia:

https://tvzvezda.ru/news/opk/content/2020723154-dlfmj.html

LMFS wrote:Interview with USC's Rakhmanov covering the current status of naval construction in Russia:

https://tvzvezda.ru/news/opk/content/2020723154-dlfmj.html

"There are 14 ships in our delivery program": an interview with the head of USC Alexei Rakhmanov on the Day of the Navy

The United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) expects to deliver 14 ships by the end of the year.

The head of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, Alexei Rakhmanov, summed up the preliminary results of the current year in an interview with Zvezda, spoke about the work on the 885 project, optimization of production at USC enterprises and the development of shipbuilding in the Far East.

On the twenty-sixth of July, Russia celebrates the Day of the Navy. What has been done by USC for the fleet since the beginning of this year, and what ships and submarines are planned to be commissioned by December 31?

In our delivery program there are 14 ships - from construction and from repair. Some of them have already been transferred to the Navy this year. In this regard, we are trying very hard not to disrupt the delivery schedules of key warships and escort vessels, but at the same time there are problems associated with the fact that we are working very carefully on the lead ships. For example, a typical example in this sense will be "Prince Vladimir" - another nuclear missile carrier, which was transferred to the Russian Navy on the Day of Russia, when we, in fact, completed all the main tests last year and brought it to the state of an almost finished combat unit , capable of joining the forces in full combat readiness at the beginning of this year.

This is, in a sense, a new practice for us, since, as a rule, the final steps were accompanied by, let's say, "fine tuning" of this missile carrier. Imagine yourself, we are doing repairs in the apartment, and now the walls are ready, and the windows are up, and the parquet flooring and chandeliers have been hung, but after that the following story begins: here is a hook to hang, here is a mirror, here are pictures. In this sense, we were doing something similar to this procedure, although of course we should have passed the order last year, but I repeat once again, he completely completed state tests last year, so here we acted exclusively in agreement with the Navy and with Ministry of Defense.

Next we have the next frigate of the "Admiral Gorshkov" class at the exit. We have handed over two tugboats at the Astrakhan shipyard; tests of our serial submarines are at the final stage. And the most important thing, perhaps, what we are doing on Project 885 is just entering the most difficult time after the completion of those comments that were identified in navigation last year - testing of key strike weapons on this project.

A very difficult, I would even say, a record year awaits us, since we have probably not handed over such a number of warships and in particular submarines since Soviet times. This topic is very important for us, because in this difficult year it demanded a huge mobilization of labor, engineering, human resources in order to pile up the whole world and fulfill the state defense order of this year to the maximum extent.

How are the programs for building modern surface warships of projects 22 350 and 20 385 being implemented?

Project 20 385 is in some way lagging behind, as for the frigates, as I have already commented, the frigate "Admiral Kasatonov" will soon become part of the Navy, the St. Andrew's flag will be raised on it (the frigate "Admiral Kasatonov" has already been accepted into the Navy on July 21, interview conducted a few days earlier).

One of the difficult questions for the Russian Navy in recent years is minesweepers. What is the overall situation with the 12,700 ships, have you managed to overcome all the difficulties associated with import substitution?

We have coped with import substitution in most of the positions, the plant has reached a very good calm rhythm, one minesweeper per year. But since the volume of the ordered equipment is decent, starting from 2021 we will reach the rhythm of production of two such ships a year, and the construction of the entire series will be completed soon. The most important thing is that we are not let down by our key suppliers who supply some types of marine equipment, and in particular these are diesel engines. But we know that the situation at the plant is improving every year, the Ministry of Industry controls everything that happens at the Zvezda plant, so I hope we will very soon forget about these problems as such.

How is the work on Admiral Nakhimov progressing and when will Peter the Great be upgraded?

According to Admiral Nakhimov, the work is gradually entering its final stages and is proceeding according to the schedule.

How is the work on the air-independent (anaerobic) power plant going? How do you personally see the further development of the submarine fleet?

Let's all the same we get away from the boring term "air-independent installation", it is air-independent in the context that it can work under water and does not require oxygen, but with the same success, a nuclear reactor works under water and does not require oxygen. Here, probably, we are trying every time to come up with new terms in order to say about the main thing, that a submarine is good when it has the maximum possible autonomy for underwater navigation. From this point of view, there are at least five or six classical instruments that are used by various fleets of the world, and Russia is no exception in this sense. I think we will use each of these possible options in order to increase stealth, quietness and autonomy of our submarines. Therefore, probably

The so-called air-independent power plant works on the principle of fuel cells, and then the taste went on - someone likes hydrogen and oxygen on board, someone extracts it as needed, someone keeps it in tanks. As a matter of fact, in my opinion, fuel cells have been flying to space since 1968, so there is no need to say that this is some kind of super-duper innovation. Another thing is that in such capacities and in such volumes on submarines, it can be used for the first time.

But I repeat once again, given the diversity and variety of possible ways to solve this problem, using the technologies that exist in the Russian Federation, I would not focus on this specific solution to the problem, which is so much talked about all over the world.

- In 2019, the Project 12322 Mordovia landing ship was sent for repairs. How do you assess the need for such ships, and are you planning to resume their production in the future?

For Russia, which lives, roughly speaking, in two seasons, winter and summer, hovercraft are a struggle for versatility, we walk on ice as well as on water and we can go on land. This is a good option for solving the amphibious properties of any transport platform, it seems to me that it is far from correct that we abandoned them, it remains to count them alive on one hand. While the adversary has such transport platforms, they are developing, they are making more of them, increasing the carrying capacity.

It seems to me that it would be nice for the Navy to return to understanding the placement of an order, especially since we have not lost the groundwork, the energy of these ships is also clear to us, so the most important thing is the order. There will be an order - we will definitely execute.

What is the current situation with COVID-19 at USC enterprises and in particular at Sevmash and Zvezdochka?

The trouble and beauty of closed cities is how quickly this epidemic begins, so quickly this epidemic ends, because it is clear how to localize it, and today the situation is completely under control. The number of cases is decreasing, thank God. I am glad that the management of the enterprises treats the health of employees with awe. I am absolutely convinced that we have gained good experience to continue to deal with this kind of epidemiological difficulties. If you like, this is akin to a biological attack on a country. Maybe I'm talking too pompously, but we take it very seriously.

How did the pandemic affect USC in general, and will the SDO terms be postponed because of it?

Of course, we had difficulties, in some cases we had to create additional commissioning teams, somewhere to look for backup teams to complete certain works. Thank God, we coped, we do not see significant deviations, although of course we do not sew felt boots, we have a planning horizon for ten or more years, so from this point of view, I hope there will be no significant progress.

Two years ago I was at the Amur shipyard. They talked a lot about the implementation of the Compact Shipyard project. How do you feel about these ideas and how, in general, USC is working on optimizing production and, in particular, introducing lean technologies?

For the third year already, the plant has entered a normal rhythm of work, when we hand over one corvette a year and work on a civilian theme. Approximately one civilian and one military vessel is launched every year from the stocks of the Amur shipyard. I hope that we will maintain this rhythm, and I would very much like to see the systematic increase in production volumes and diversification continue to take place.

From the point of view of "compacting" the shipyard, we have completed the first stage, identified and fenced off everything that we will need for the functioning of this shipyard in full. The task for us is to ensure that the volume of production and the number of orders correspond to the development of the shipyard, because the plant was pretty much abandoned. Today, it has a couple of fundamental problems associated primarily with the fact that the region is equated to the regions of the Far North, and these costs are few who compensate. For example, our civil customers do not care why the cost of manufacturing a particular vessel in the Far East is higher than in the Northwest.

But on the other hand, the President clearly set the tasks for the development of shipbuilding in the Far East, so we are not going to get off our rails anywhere, and will continue to move forward.

Lean manufacturing or the USC production system did not receive its abbreviation while it lives under the name of the production system, but it has many interesting, powerful results. In particular, without investment for a year and a half, using the tools of the production system, we were able to increase the productivity of the Krasnoye Sormovo plant from seven dry cargo vessels to 11. Our next goal is to enter the production of 15 of the same dry cargo vessels, in order not only to show all the charms of the production system, but and once again prove that only the production of serial products is predictable both in price and in terms of delivery. ■

Latest update from Charly (he still can't get Khabarovsk right though... but is making progress )