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Specialists of JSC “Kronstadt Marine Plant” (part of the USC) have started the installation of support blocks on the first Soviet nuclear submarine K-3 “Leninsky Komsomol”. The supports are designed to install the legendary submarine at the site of the Museum of Naval Glory in Kronstadt. Eight blocks for the support base K-3 were manufactured at the Vyborg Shipyard (part…
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The training ship “Smolniy” completed a navigational trip with cadets of the Baltic Naval Institute of the Military Educational and Scientific Center of the Navy and today on October 31 arrived at its permanent base in the city of Kronstadt. Earlier, on October 28, the Smolny training ship made a call at the main base of the Baltic Fleet, where…
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By order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, the first Soviet nuclear submarine K-3 “Leninsky Komsomol” was towed from the “Severnaya Verf” in St. Petersburg to Kronstadt. The event involved 3 tugs and 2 boats. Hydrometeorological conditions along the towing route were normal. The personnel of the Leningrad naval base and support vessels, who took part, coped…
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The lead universal nuclear icebreaker “Arktika” of project 22220, after undergoing dock repairs, completed the interfactory transition from Kronstadt to the Baltic Shipyard (part of the USC). To carry out the planned work on the replacement of the propulsion electric motor (GED), the ship docked at the Kronstadt Marine Plant (KMOLZ, part of the USC), where it stayed for exactly…
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Today, on August 31, the first stage of the inter-fleet towing from the Northern Fleet to St. Petersburg, and then to Kronstadt of the legendary nuclear submarine K-3 “Leninsky Komsomol” was passed. Floating dock “Sviyaga” with the submarine “K-3” arrived in Belomorsk and stood on the roadstead. Preparations are being made for the subsequent passage of the floating dock through…
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August 31, 2021 – The ships of the Baltic Fleet, after participating in the events of the International military-technical forum “Army-2021” in Kronstadt, went to sea and headed for a permanent basing point – the main naval base in Baltiysk. During the inter-base passage, the crews of the ships, including the Soobrazitelny corvette, the Odintsovo and Zeleny Dol small missile…
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The newest naval logistics support vessel Vsevolod Bobrov, on which the St. Andrew’s flag was raised on August 21, will begin an inter-fleet passage from Kronstadt to the Black Sea Fleet by the end of August. Currently, the vessel is being prepared for the passage. This was announced by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, following a…
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The lead universal nuclear icebreaker “Arktika” of project 22220 docked at the Kronstadt Marine Plant (part of the USC) to carry out scheduled work to replace one of the engines. On August 11, the ship made the transition from St. Petersburg to Kronstadt. Early in the morning on August 12, the operation to dock the ship in the name of…
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August 11, 2021 – The nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika left the berth of the Baltic Shipyard and proceeded to move to the Kronstadt Marine Plant (part of the USC). There the ship will dock, where scheduled work will be carried out to replace one of the engines. The universal nuclear icebreaker “Arktika” is the lead ship of Project 22220, built at…
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July 25, 2021 (Google Translation) – Within the framework of the ceremonial acceptance of the second stage of the Museum and Historical Park “Island of Forts”, the opening of the historical site “From a steamboat to a nuclear-powered ship” took place. The second stage of the historical park contains new sites; a historical zone has been created here, telling about…
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