newest minesweeper “Yakov Bala”, built for the Pacific Fleet, for the first time independently left the delivery base in Vladivostok and entered the factory sea trials, combined with state.
Passed by the Northern Sea Route and arrived in Vladivostok 22 октября этого года тральщик завершил швартовные испытания и покинул достроечную базу Амурского судостроительного завода в бухте Золотой Рог, выйдя на полигоны ТОФ в Японском море. Экипажу вместе со сдаточной командой предстоит проверить работоспособность систем и механизмов тральщика в море: работу силовой установки, steering gear, auxiliary machinery, communications, обнаружения и навигации, якорного устройства. Также пройдут испытания корабельного оружия.
Передача тральщика в состав ТОФ запланирована до конца года.
Offshore trawler “Yakov Bala” – fourth serial (fifth in a row) ship, which was laid on the stocks of the plant, however, due to a fire on the first serial minesweeper “George Kurbatov”, “Yakov Bala” became the fourth mine defense ship in the project line 12700 “Alexandrite”. laid 26 December 2017 of the year, launched 29 January 2020 of the year. Named after the Hero of the Soviet Union, sailor, gunner of a light machine gun of the 355th separate battalion of the marines of the Pacific Fleet Yakov Illarionovich Balyaev.
minesweepers project 12700 are able to apply the latest hydroacoustic stations, placed both on the ship, and the remotely operated and autonomous underwater vehicles, and have an automated control system of mine action activities. Able to use the traditional sweeping arms.
Displacement – 890 t, length – 62 m, width – 10 m. Full speed – 16 knots, crew – 44 man.
