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Saturday, October 18, 2008

Repair of Gorshkov’s hull completed

The Gorshkov aircraft carrier will be taken out of dry dock shortly following the completion of hull repair and painting, said a shipyard official.

“The ship’s hull has been fully done and painted and scaffolding will be dismantled by the end of October,” deputy director for foreign defence contracts at the Sevmash shipyard Sergei Novosyolov told a local news service on Friday. “We are still to paint the last 10 [out of 116] cisterns.”

After the ship has been taken out of the dry dock and moored at the shipyard, pier engines and other heavy equipment will be installed, he said.

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