Yantar Shipyard continues building two big amphibious assault ships of upgraded project 11711 — the Vladimir Andreev and the Vasily Trushin on schedule, the Vpered newspaper of the enterprise said.

The Russian Navy (VMF) has commissioned its second Project 11711 landing ship tank (LST - NATO reporting name: Ivan Gren-class) ‘Pyotr Morgunov’ built at the Yantar Shipyard (a subsidiary of United Shipbuilding Corporation).

The 'Petr Morginov' big amphibious assault ship of project 11711 built by Yantar Shipyard began the final stage of running trials, the enterprise said.

Yantar Shipyard, based in Kaliningrad, unveiled the preliminary design of the improved or follow-on Project 11711 Ivan Gren-class LST (Landing Ship Tank) for the Russian Navy.