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Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Russian Carrier Conversion Moves Forward

A former Russian aircraft carrier under conversion for India is afloat again after three years in drydock.

The former Admiral Gorshkov was refloated on Dec. 4 at Sevmash's northern Russia shipyard in Severodvinsk, Sevmash reported. The ship had been in drydock since December 2005.

Now known as the Vikramaditya, the ship is being refurbished for India's Navy.

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