The lead submarine of project 677 "Lada" entered the combat strength of the Russian fleet
The lead submarine of project 677 "St. Petersburg" became part of the Russian fleet as a full-fledged combat unit. The trial operation of the first "Lada", which lasted more than 10 years, has been completed.
As the RIA News with reference to Andrey Baranov, Deputy Director General of the Rubin Central Design Bureau of Marine Engineering, the submarine acceptance certificate was signed, the submarine became part of the Russian Navy. True, he did not specify in which fleet, but since 2010, "St. Petersburg" was in trial operation in the Northern Fleet.
The diesel-electric submarine Saint Petersburg was laid down at the Admiralty Shipyards in 1997, launched in 2004. The project generally "went with a creak" and was repeatedly stopped due to lack of funding and fixing design flaws. In total, the series included three "Ladas" - the head "St. Petersburg", the first and second serial - "Kronstadt" and "Velikiye Luki".
Serial submarines should enter the fleet in 2022. It is noted that, unlike the lead sub, which is armed only with mines and torpedoes, the serial Lada received Caliber cruise missiles. In addition, both submarines are equipped with a new, more powerful and quieter electric motor.
The delay in the construction of the Lada submarines is lagging behind due to changes in the design, as well as due to problems with one of the equipment suppliers. Earlier it was reported about plans to equip these submarines with an air-independent (anaerobic) installation, however, it has not yet been possible to create a VNEU (at least the creation of the installation has not been officially announced).
According to the head of the USC, Alexei Rakhmanov, problems with the Lada project led to the decision to build six Varshavyankas for the Pacific Fleet, although initially it was Lada with VNEU that were planned for the Far East.
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