Yuri Dolgorukij was incorporated into the assembly 31. submarine division of the Northern fleet of the RUSSIAN federation[/heading]
Russia, Severodvinsk, 10.January 2013, RIA Novosti
Strategic nuclear submarine Yuri Dolgorukij (SSBN class, the Project 955 Borej) was incorporated into the assembly 31. submarine division of the Northern fleet, whose base is in Gadžijevo, the region of murmansk area.
The corresponding order of the commander in Chief of the navy was announced in the ceremony of the erection of the Andrejevské flag on board the submarine, which is currently anchored in the sheltered dock of the shipyard Sevmaš in Severodvinsk.
According to the observations of the director general of the shipyard Sevmaš Mikhail Budničenka fulfilled Yuri Dolgorukij the test programme successfully. "During state testing sailed submarine 22 times at sea and sailed more than 20,000 nautical miles", said Budničenko.
Responsible handing over of the vessel Nikolai Semakov noted that to place a permanent berth in the Zapolární area will be Yuri Dolgorukij redislokován during the summer navigational season. "The planned service life of nuclear submarines is 20 years", said Semakov. Ask for the price left unanswered with that, that's part of the trade secret. Earlier it was said that the construction of the first submarine of the Project 955 Borej Yuri Dolgoruky cost 23 billion rubles, the price of mass-produced vessels should be lower.
Strategic missile submarine Yuri Dolgorukij was projected in the CKB for marine engineering Rubin (Sankt Peterburg) and is the first vessel (in its own way a prototype) in a series of submarine missile carriers of the fourth generation. Its keel was founded 2. November 1996 in the shipyard Sevmaš and the same day got the name Yuri Dolgorukij.
At a length of about 170 meters, width 13.5 meters, and full displacement of 24 000 t carries on board 16 missiles RSM-56 - R-30 Bulava (SS-NX-30), which is developing the Moscow institute of teplotechniky (MIT).
In addition to the ballistic-missile submarine armed with torpedoes. The nuclear reactor drives a single screw propeller (it is used the so-called vodometný motor / pump-jet). Submarine can float on the surface speed of 15 knots, below the surface of up to 29 knots.
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RIA Novosti ria.ru.
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