Mitrofan Moskalenko’s universal landing ship will become the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet. In Sevastopol, the location of the project of the project 23900 is already preparing. This is reported by TASS with reference to the source.
Currently, in the water area of Sevastopol Bay, the infrastructure is prepared for the body’s basing. According to the source, the work should be completed to the arrival of a universal landing ship (UDC) “Mitrofan Moskalenko” in Sevastopol.
it clarifies that the helicopter will become the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet. The ship will take a place that prepared for the second helicopter of the class “Mistral”.
Construction of helicopters at the bay shipbuilding plant in Kerch began in March. TASS wrote about the beginning of the formation of ship hulls.
The source of RIA Novosti also spoke about the advantages of helicopter surveyors of the project 23900. According to him, the ships of this type will be able to accommodate up to a thousand marines, and the DCC docking chamber is designed for the basing of four landing boats.
In the same month, it became known about the possibility of shipping ships 23900 to carry up to 16 helicopters on board. RIA Novosti reported that UDCs will be able to carry drones, anti-submarine helicopters Ka-27 and the intelligence and shock ka-52k “Alligator”.