Russian Navy's fifth 22350-class frigate, "Admiral Ametsky," was launched at the Northern Shipyard in St. Petersburg. The ship is named after Nikolai Nikolaevich Ametsky (1914-2007), a Soviet naval commander, admiral, and academician of the Russian Academy of Naval Sciences.
Currently, the five 22350-class frigates are: the first ship "Admiral Gorshkov," the second ship "Admiral Kasatonov," the third ship "Admiral Golovko," the fourth ship "Admiral Isakov," and the fifth ship "Admiral Ametsky." The first three have already been commissioned into the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet, while the fourth ship "Admiral Isakov" is currently under construction and is expected to be transferred to the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet after raising the Andrew flag in 2027; the fifth ship "Admiral Ametsky" is also being built for the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet.
In addition, at the Northern Shipyard, there are another three 22350-class frigates at different stages of construction: the sixth ship "Admiral Chichagov," the seventh ship "Admiral Yumashev," and the eighth ship "Admiral Spiridonov." The ninth ship "Admiral Kapitants" and the tenth ship "Admiral Vysotsky" are also planned to be laid down, and the construction contracts have already been signed. These two new ships are likely to be laid down on the same day.
The 22350-class frigate is 135 meters long, 16 meters wide, with a draft of 4.5 meters, and has a full load displacement of 5,400 tons. The power system includes 2 M90FR gas turbines and 2 10D49 diesel engines, with a maximum speed of 29 knots, a range of 4,500 nautical miles at 14 knots, an endurance of 30 days, and a crew of 170 people. The radar system includes a 5P-20K active phased array radar, a 5P-27 air search radar, a 34K1 surface search radar, a 5P-10 fire control radar, a Pal-N navigation radar, and a TK-28 electronic warfare system. The main weapons include one A-192 130 mm naval gun, a 32-cell 3K96 "Polye" vertical launch system (loaded with 9M96E2, 9M96, and 9M100 anti-aircraft missiles), a 16-cell 3S14U universal vertical launch system (loaded with P-800 "Oniks" anti-ship missiles, "Kalibr" land-attack missiles, and "Zircon" hypersonic anti-ship missiles), two 3M89 "Shtil" close-in weapon systems combining guns and missiles, two SM-588 "Paper Pack-NK" four-cell 330 mm anti-torpedo/anti-submarine torpedo launchers, and can carry and take off one Ka-27 anti-submarine helicopter at the stern.
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