The world's largest submarine turned 35 years
The commander of the Northern Fleet, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov and the commander of the White Sea Naval Base, Rear Admiral Arkady Romanov, commanding this ship in 2000 in the early days of testing the intercontinental ballistic missile of the sea-based Bula, congratulated the crew of the heavy submarine cruiser Dmitry Donskoy.
TARPKSN "Dmitry Donskoy" is the lead ship of the project 941. It was built and commissioned by the Navy in 1981 at the Sevmash shipbuilding plant in Severodvinsk. Since 1982, he has been solving problems in the Northern Fleet. In 2002, the cruiser underwent a deep modernization and was later used for test purposes.
"Dmitry Donskoy" is the world's largest operating submarine. Its displacement in the surface position exceeds the displacement of the flagship of the Northern Fleet - the heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser “Peter the Great”. On board, the most comfortable conditions for living personnel have been created, there is even a sauna with a swimming pool and a gym, an exposition dedicated to the victory of Russian weapons in the Battle of Kulikovo is located in the mess room.
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