Wonder how long their only aircraft carrier will be out of service now that the deck has been badly damaged?
Details remain limited and are likely to change, but what we do know is that one of the world's largest floating dry docks, known as PD-50, has sunk while Russia's aircraft carrier Amiral Kuznetsov was aboard. According to reports, the dry dock began to sink suddenly, collapsing cranes onto the carrier's deck and sending shipyard workers scrambling for their lives.
The dry dock is located at 82nd Repair Shipyard in the village of Roslyakovo. The shipyard there primarily supports Russia's Northern Fleet based out of nearby Severomorsk. We don't know exactly how many people were hurt or killed in the incident, but apparently, there were casualties...
The one we do have via Russian media outlets simply says "the vessel suffered no damage after the incident at the 82nd shipbuilding plant." It's worth noting that Russia has a track record of not admitting the scope of shipyard accidents. Admiral Kuznetsov is currently undergoing a much-needed complex overhaul after years of deferring the project. Although the scope of the work has been narrowed, it is still a highly invasive operation. Even the ship's notorious boilers have been pulled and new ones are being installed (see below). The aircraft carrier is tentatively scheduled to return to the fleet in 2021, but judging by other deep overhauls of large and complex Soviet-era fighting ships, it could end up taking significantly longer...
The official story, at least as it sits now, is that the pump system that controls the dry dock's buoyancy suddenly lost power causing its ballast tanks to flood with water far past the intended point. As the dry dock quickly submerged, cranes came crashing down onto the Kuznetsov's deck (see below). Supposedly all this happened during a refloating operation for the carrier.
Read more at thedrive.com ...
Lolol.....And the Seal Team returned safely to the Jimmy Carter.
Details remain limited and are likely to change, but what we do know is that one of the world's largest floating dry docks, known as PD-50, has sunk while Russia's aircraft carrier Amiral Kuznetsov was aboard. According to reports, the dry dock began to sink suddenly, collapsing cranes onto the carrier's deck and sending shipyard workers scrambling for their lives.
The dry dock is located at 82nd Repair Shipyard in the village of Roslyakovo. The shipyard there primarily supports Russia's Northern Fleet based out of nearby Severomorsk. We don't know exactly how many people were hurt or killed in the incident, but apparently, there were casualties...
The one we do have via Russian media outlets simply says "the vessel suffered no damage after the incident at the 82nd shipbuilding plant." It's worth noting that Russia has a track record of not admitting the scope of shipyard accidents. Admiral Kuznetsov is currently undergoing a much-needed complex overhaul after years of deferring the project. Although the scope of the work has been narrowed, it is still a highly invasive operation. Even the ship's notorious boilers have been pulled and new ones are being installed (see below). The aircraft carrier is tentatively scheduled to return to the fleet in 2021, but judging by other deep overhauls of large and complex Soviet-era fighting ships, it could end up taking significantly longer...
The official story, at least as it sits now, is that the pump system that controls the dry dock's buoyancy suddenly lost power causing its ballast tanks to flood with water far past the intended point. As the dry dock quickly submerged, cranes came crashing down onto the Kuznetsov's deck (see below). Supposedly all this happened during a refloating operation for the carrier.
Read more at thedrive.com ...
Lolol.....And the Seal Team returned safely to the Jimmy Carter.
