"Prince Oleg" and "Novosibirsk". Two new nuclear submarines and big plans

The Russian Navy received two new nuclear submarines at once. After passing all the necessary tests, the strategic missile cruiser "Knyaz Oleg" pr. 955A and the multipurpose nuclear submarine "Novosibirsk", pr. 885M were handed over to the customer. In the near future, the ships will make the transition to a permanent duty station as part of the Pacific fleet... It is expected that their appearance will positively affect both the capabilities of the Pacific Fleet and the potential of the entire Navy.

In a solemn atmosphere

The ceremony of handing over two new ships to the customer took place on December 21 at the Severny Machine-Building Enterprise in Severomorsk. The ceremony was attended by Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko and Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov.

The ceremony was held concurrently with an expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry collegium in Moscow, which was attended by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and President Vladimir Putin. They also joined the ship-surrender ceremony via videoconference.

In the course of such a joint event, the President thanked the Sevmash staff for the work done and noted that he had done an excellent job with the tasks set. The President recalled that the two new nuclear submarines have high performance and wide strike capabilities. By replenishing the Pacific Fleet, they will seriously increase its potential.

Also, V. Putin again mentioned plans for the further construction of a nuclear submarine fleet. In the foreseeable future, "Sevmash" will have to build and transfer to the Navy five SSBNs of project 955A and six APRKs of project 885M. Moreover, the development of the fleet will not be limited only to the construction of submarine forces. The construction of surface ships, coastal infrastructure, etc. will continue.

Deputy Defense Minister A. Krivoruchko and Commander-in-Chief of the Navy N. Evmenov reported on the readiness of the two cruisers for admission to the fleet. In his speech, the Deputy Minister also thanked the participants in the development and construction of new ships. In addition, he pointed to the special significance of the ceremony: for the first time in several decades, two nuclear submarines are simultaneously accepted into the fleet.

During the ceremony, acceptance certificates were signed for two new submarines. In addition, the deputy minister and the commander-in-chief presented the crews with the Andreevsky flags for lifting on ships. "Prince Oleg" and "Novosibirsk" were officially accepted by the customer and became part of the Russian Navy.

During construction

The strategic missile submarine K-552 "Prince Oleg" was built according to the modern project 955A "Borey-A". The multipurpose nuclear submarine K-573 "Novosibirsk" was built on the project 885M "Yasen-M". These ships belong to different classes and have radically different tasks. At the same time, they are united by the fact that both submarines are the first serial representatives of their projects.

The missile cruiser "Novosibirsk" was laid down in July 2013. In late December 2019, it was launched. In July of this year, the ship first entered the factory sea trials. Over the next few months, all the necessary measures were carried out, and the submarine confirmed the calculated characteristics and capabilities. As a result of all these activities, the cruiser was accepted into the Navy.

The first serial submarine "Borey-A" was laid down in July 2014. Construction took several years, and in July 2020 the launch took place. After completing the construction and the necessary preparations, factory tests began at the end of May 2021. As in the case of "Novosibirsk", they took several months and ended with a recommendation for the adoption of a new SSBN in operation.

On December 21, the flag of the Navy was raised on two submarines, and now their service officially begins. In the near future, the ships will move to their permanent duty station. Accordingly, over the next few weeks or months, "Prince Oleg" and "Novosibirsk" will be included in the combat composition of the Pacific Fleet and will be able to go on combat patrols for the first time.

In the fleet

Despite all the problems of the past, the nuclear submarine building program copes with the assigned tasks and ensures the gradual rearmament of the Navy. Several SSBNs of the Borey type and APRK of the Ash project have already been built and put into operation. In addition, construction will not stop at Knyaz Oleg and Novosibirsk.

As a reminder, from 2013 to 2020, the fleet received four Boreas - three basic modification submarines and one modernized project 955A. They were equally divided between the Northern and Pacific fleets. The new "Prince Oleg" will enter the Pacific Fleet and will supplement the two already existing "Boreas".

The construction of the next cruiser is nearing completion right now. "Generalissimo Suvorov" will be launched in the near future and may enter the fleet in a year. Four more submarines are at different stages of construction, with the last two being laid down just a few months ago - in July this year. It is assumed that the new "Borei-A" will be transferred to the fleet almost every year until 2026-27. inclusive.

The situation with "Ash" looks different. So far, only three ARPCs of this type have been completed and handed over. In 2014, the lead ship of the base pr. 885 entered the fleet, and on May 7, 2021, they signed an acceptance certificate for Kazan, the first nuclear submarine of the 885M type. Now the first serial submarine has been delivered. The first two "Ash" were transferred to the Northern Fleet, and "Novosibirsk" will become part of the Pacific Fleet.

The next submarine, Yasen-M, is already preparing for testing. Five more ships are in various stages of construction. They were laid down in 2015-2020. and must pass no later than 2027-28. According to known data, nine pennants will be distributed between the Northern Fleet and the Pacific Fleet almost equally: the Severomorian submariners will receive one more.

Special meaning

It is easy to see that the events of December 21 are of particular importance for the development of our fleet and submarine shipbuilding. They demonstrate positive trends in the construction of the submarine fleet, and also give reasons for optimism regarding the prospects for the Navy as a whole.

In 2020-21 the head nuclear submarines of projects 955A and 885M began service, and now the first serial ships of these types are joining them. The next submarines of two projects are expected to be delivered next year. All this shows that the main difficulties have been overcome, and the construction program has reached the required pace. They will be supported over the next years, and by 2027-28. The navy will receive all the necessary ships.

The current plans for the development of submarine forces provide for the construction of 10 new SSBN "Borey" and 9 multipurpose APRK "Yasen". On December 21, the fifth ship, project 955 (A), was commissioned - and the program for their construction crossed its "equator". "Novosibirsk" became the third combatant representative of pr. 885 (M), i.e. the program is completed by a third.

Further construction of SSBNs of the Borey type, incl. the new "Prince Oleg", in the medium term, will help to carry out a complete re-equipment of the naval components of the strategic nuclear forces with the transition to modern models. At the same time, the required combat capability will be provided for the next several decades.

The construction of multipurpose nuclear submarines pr. 885 (M) will lead to similar results, adjusted for the specifics of this class. They will first complement and then replace older submarine cruisers. Through the use of new solutions, components and weapons, it will be possible to obtain an increase in combat qualities and characteristics. In addition, the newly built submarines will serve for a long time.

Thus, the program for the construction of the latest nuclear submarines for two projects for different purposes continues and successfully fulfills the assigned tasks. Of the 19 ordered ships, 8 have already entered the Navy, and 2 of them were handed over just the other day. New pennants will be regularly adopted in the coming year and beyond. Recent events show that Sevmash and allied submarines will cope with the assigned tasks, and the fleet will receive all the necessary submarines within the required time frame.

Comments

[Lech from Android.]

It's nice that the submarine is named after my hometown ...
I wish the crews of both nuclear submarines a successful voyage to their duty stations and long years of ocean voyages for the benefit of our country.

[pilgrim_trr]

Sevmash is located in Severodvinsk, not Severomorsk

[rjpthju]

There are a lot of plans. Ships and boats are burning one after another, this is already a system ... Hand over first, and then write. The dreamers.

[Orange bigg]

It is good to be dreamers when dreams really come true and become reality, which is exactly what happens.

... Hand over first, and then write.

So they already passed it and wrote an article about it. What are the problems?

The Russian Navy received two new nuclear-powered submarines at once. After passing all the necessary tests, the strategic missile cruiser "Knyaz Oleg" pr. 955A and the multipurpose nuclear submarine "Novosibirsk", pr. 885M were handed over to the customer. In the near future, the ships will make the transition to their permanent duty station as part of the Pacific Fleet.

[tralflot1832]

I can imagine how worried the United States will be, all the ice in Alaska will melt from their electrolyte from one place. The crews of "Prince Oleg" and "Novosibirsk" have a calm, peaceful transition to a permanent duty station. Families are already tired of waiting. And how they will determine their location, over the boats will be And not to surface so that someone would show with his hand where the Bering Strait is.

[Grits]

Quote: tralflot1832

For the crews of "Prince Oleg" and "Novosibirsk" a calm, peaceful transition to a permanent place of service.

I wonder how they will move - in the north, secretly, or in the south - frightening lovers of a warm climate?

[tralflot1832]

Nuclear ships only in the north, in the south it is almost a round-the-world trip and the Suez and Panama Canals will have to be bypassed.

[Grits]

Quote: tralflot1832

Nuclear ships only in the north, in the south it is almost a round-the-world trip and the Suez and Panama Canals will have to be bypassed.

The Varshavyanka women walked in a circle to the Pacific Fleet. But that was before winter. Will they wait for summer or will they break under the ice now, I wonder?
It would be more fun to scare ...

[tralflot1832]

DPL will go through Mediterranean, with vieit friendship, definitely.

[Tests]

So I read a lot of text and I remembered a song that sounded in my childhood: "Zampolits, political instructors, but still commissars!" This tribe will never die out ... "
It is easy to see that the events of December 21 are of particular importance for the development of our fleet and submarine shipbuilding. They demonstrate positive trends in the construction of the submarine fleet, and also give reasons for optimism about the prospects of the Navy as a whole. “It’s hard for me to notice the special significance of December 21 for the development of our fleet and submarine shipbuilding. Maybe because my parents have spent most of their lives worked at the NSR, I myself officially began my career at Zvyozdochka, at the NSR many times I visited different workshops and departments only as a representative of an enterprise - a contractor, my wife's entire large family worked and works at Arctic, although my brother-in-law found a wife at " Morphizpribor "(one of the few women in the Russian Federation who went to the seas for tests on the old" Kazan "of the" Axon-2 "project, a candidate of technical sciences is not even in modern Russia a doctor of political science or culturology). The SMP handed over 6 (Six) nuclear submarines to the fleet per year. , but boats were also built for the Pacific Fleet in the Far East ...
In 2020, they threatened to hand over the Belgorod to the fleet. AND? No need for covid. The management of the USC, among other things, is guilty of the fact that the crew of "Prince Vladimir", together with representatives of the Northern Sea Route and other contractor enterprises, re-filled the whole of Severodvinsk. All in all, it was necessary for two dozen specialists who came to test the boat from St. Petersburg, as expected, to be kept in isolation in a small hotel for 2 weeks in quarantine. 6 infected kovd-19, wandered on the NSR, and in the port, and, of course, in shops, and in a boat where can you hide from them? ..But no! Either by May 9, we will hand over the boat, then by the Day of the Northern Fleet, as a result, we have handed over the boat on June 12, 2020! And they hammered the infectious diseases building of the city hospital №2, the building of the old maternity hospital on the street. Lomonosov, the whole floor in the city hospital No. 2, the in-patient department of the Central Medical Hospital No. 58 of the FMBA of the Russian Federation was quarantined in April; with a breeze from the sea. Beauty! Well, they removed the head of the polyclinic and the head physician of the Central Medical Hospital No. 1,5 - did this immediately make the patients feel better, especially those who were treated in city hospitals? Did the covid affect the Kazan tests of the Ash project? Undoubtedly! Both the military and civilians were sick in 2 and 2 ...
With specialists, such as our former governor of the Arkhangelsk region Orlov, his deputy at the "Severnaya Verf" Andronov, the former chief "anzhiner" of the "Severnaya Verf" Shestakov, that in the pre-trial detention center in Arkhangelsk is soaring whether Severodvinsk will wait, that instead of the MPK "Onega" and " Naryan-Mar "will new ships come? And when will there be new minesweepers? And what did December 21, 2021 show about the surface ships of the Russian Navy? Somehow, my optimism did not increase ...

[Pattor]

you still look at the term of construction. nowadays there are fewer and fewer techies, managers rule and the psychology of managers rules people.

[Grits]

For 9 years he worked in Severodvinsk as a contractor for the NSR and Zvezdochka. Severodvinsk has become practically my second hometown, where many people close to me remain. Therefore, your feelings are close and understandable to me.

[smaug78]

The construction of multipurpose nuclear submarines pr. 885 (M) will lead to similar results, adjusted for the specifics of this class. They will first complement and then replace older submarine cruisers.

and what older submarine cruisers will the MAPL replace?

[Alexey RA]

Quote: smaug78

and what older submarine cruisers will the MAPL replace?

And what, besides pr.949A, are there options?

[smaug78]

And what, the submarine and the MAPL are one and the same?

[Alexey RA]

Quote: smaug78

And what, the submarine and the MAPL are one and the same?

So "loaves" are also cruisers.

Project 949A missile submarine with cruise missiles
Designed to deliver missile strikes against ship groupings and coastal targets.

© official site of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
https://structure.mil.ru/structure/forces/navy/weapons/more.htm?id=10353034@morfMilitaryModel

A 885M with its UVP in fact occupies an intermediate position between "clean" hunter-SSNS (type 971) and "clean" APRK (type 949A) - a kind of universal nuclear submarine, replacing two classes at once.

[smaug78]

thanks for the info

[Nemchinov Vl]

Quote: smaug78

and what more old submarine cruisers will replace MAPL?

it's obvious that -

Quote: Alexey RA

And what, besides pr.949А there are options?

,
because she herself (885M), rather the same APCR (as "Baton"), what exactly MAPLs (- 971, "RTMK", or 945) which really have nothing to change (!) ....

[smaug78]

Yes, what are you saying? 885M ICBM carrier?

[Nemchinov Vl]

Quote: smaug78

Yes, what are you saying? 885M carrier MBr?

и

Quote: Vl Nemchinov

the same APKR

...? !!! sorry not everyone can "read / understand" the difference in acronym, between ballistic and cruise missiles ?! ...
you would have Soviet education instead of EG ...

[smaug78]

, because she herself (885M), rather the same APCR (like "Baton")

It is a pity that vocational school graduates hide their mistakes behind empty demagogy ... These are vocational school students and destroyed the USSR ...

[eehnie]

At this point, everyone should know that Russia is completing the process of reducing the combat fleets inherited from the Soviet Union. It is safe to say that today none of the vessels scrapped over the past three decades as part of this downsizing process would be in working order. It was just that Russia could not afford the maintenance of the entire fleet.

The downsizing process was painful for Russia, but the problem was more in the production of ships than in their disposal. To tell whether a ship should have been mothballed for maintenance, it would have to be said which of the current Russian warships should not have been mothballed instead. And from that point on, although the process looked messy and chaotic, recent leadership made mistakes to a minimum in general.

To see how Russia is still at the end of the downsizing process, it is interesting to compare recent commissions and recent exits. From most recent to least recent, trying to link equivalent ships in as many cases as possible:

K-573 "Novisibirsk" replaced K-322 "Kashalot"
Grayvoron replaced Admiral Lazarev
K-522 Prince Oleg replaced K-433
Georgy Kurbatov replaced Vice Admiral Zhukov
B-602 Magadan replaced B-435
K-562 Kazan replaced K-233
Admiral F. Kasatonov was replaced by Fearless
Thundering replaced the Battle
K-549 Prince Vladimir replaced K-211
Yakov Balyaev replaced RT-278
GRF Aldar Tsidenzhapov replaced Sharp
B-603 Volkhov replaced B-227
Pyotr Morgunov replaced Mitrofan Moskalenko
Odintsovo replaced R-160 MAK-160

Some kind of new commission may take place before the end of the year. This would mean some small changes in pairs that I will update. Considering the limitations imposed by nuclear agreements, almost all cases go well together. Only the incident with Admiral Lazarev would have been a sign of downsizing.

Russia balances out exits and commissions well with regard to projects that will continue, as would be expected in the next phase of fleet stability. Only ships from older projects that will not be continued are released without replacement within the economically unavailable surplus for reduction:

B-435
AK-248
S-29 UTS-247
S-49 PzS-50
B-380
Kerch

In fact, to complete the reduction process, you only need to confirm the output of a few more:

AK-223
AK-201
AK-209
S-150 UTS-577
S-196 UTS-466
Ochakov

Between recent emissions, we cannot find ships in working order. Neither Ochakov nor the last Project 613 TCB are in working order. And I assume that the last ships of the project 1204 this year experienced very strong workloads.

It is highly likely that Russia will no longer hold onto the last ships of Project 1204, because it would be a clear mistake to keep them instead of keeping other ships of more modern designs. The question would be whether the next ship of more advanced designs could be kept in the scrappage queue instead. It is highly unlikely that Russia will make this mistake.

Even if some ships of the 1204 project retain some mechanical reserve, Russia has the opportunity to provide them as assistance to Syria. The question then would be whether a stronger option could be provided to Syria, but that would not have the same direct impact on Russia's defenses.

The end of the downsizing process is mainly marked by the point at which the economic sustainability of the fleet is achieved. Then it is impossible to engage in expanding industries, because the point of economic stability is quickly lost again. One of the consequences / signs of reaching this point is the end of the maintenance queue (when maintenance is not associated with an upgrade). As a consequence, Russia will soon be able to stop disposing of valuable warships of a relatively young age and provide an outlet for combat ships in working order as aid / sale, as it has done with land-based combat materials.

On the whole, the Russian leadership is correct from the point of view of the country's interests. Instead, governing the United States is the result of a policy in which the interests of the military oligarchs take precedence over the interests of the country.

(Automatically translated from English. Below is the original commentary in English)

At fleet this point, everyone must know that Russia is in the end of the process of reduction of the combats inherited from the Soviet Union. It is fairly safe to say that today, no-one of the ships disposed in the last three decades under this process of reduction would be in working condition. Simply the maintenance of all the fleet was not affordable for Russia.

The process of reduction has been painful for Russia, but the problem was more in the production of the ships than in their disposal. In order to say if some ship should have been conserved with maintenance, it would be necessary to say which of the current Russian combat ships should have not been conserved instead. And from this point, while the process was looking disordered and chaotic, the recent management made the mistakes minimal in overall terms.

In order to see how Russia is still at the end of the process of reduction is interesting to compare the recent commissions and the recent exits. From most recent to less recent, trying to tie equivalent ships in the maximum number possible of cases:

K-573 Novisibirsk replaced K-322 Kashalot
Grayvoron replaced Admiral Lazarev
K-522 Knyaz Oleg replaced K-433
Georgy Kurbatov replaced Vice Admiral Zhukov
B-602 Magadan replaced B-435
K-562 Kazan replaced K-233
Admiral F Kasatonov replaced Bezboyaznennyy
Gremyaschiy replaced Boevoy
K-549 Knyaz Vladimir replaced K-211
Yakov Balyaev replaced RT-278
GRF Aldar Tsidenzhapov replaced Smetliviy
B-603 Volkhov replaced B-227
Pyotr Morgunov replaced Mitrofan Moskalenko
Odintsovo replaced R-160 MAK-160

Some new commission can happen before the end of the year. It would mean some small change in the pairs, that I will update. Taking into account the limits stablished by the nuclear agreements, almost all the cases are well paired. Only the case of the Admiral Lazarev would be a sign of reduction.

Russia is balancing the exits and commissions well in the referred to the projects to continue, like it is to be expected in the next stage of stability of the fleet. Only the ships, of more veteran projects to continue not, have been exiting without replacement, as part of the economically unafordable surpluss to reduce:

B-435
AK-248
S-29 UTS-247
S-49 PZS-50
B-380
Kerch

Actually only the exit of a few more needs to be confirmed to complete the process of reduction:

AK-223
AK-201
AK-209
S-150 UTS-577
S-196 UTS-466
Ochakov

Between the recent extis we can not find ships in working condition. Neither the Ochakov and the last UTSs of the Project 613 are in working condition. And I assume the last ships of the Project 1204 have been this year under very strong workloads.

Very likely Russia will not keep longer the last ships of the Project 1204, because it would be a clear mistake to keep them instead of keeping other ship of more modern projects. The question would be, if instead would be possible to save the next ship of more modern projects on queue for disposal. It is very unlikely to see Russia fall in to this mistake.

Even if some of the ships of the Project 1204 keep some mechanical reserve, Russia has the option to provide them as help to Syria. Then the question would be, if it would have been possible to provide to Syria some stronger option, but this would not have the same direct influence in the defense of Russia.

The end of the process of reduction is basically marked by the point where economic sustainability of the fleet is reached. Then it is not possible to engage in expansive productions, because the point of economic sustainability is lost again fast. On of the effects / signs of to reach this point is the end of the queue of maintenance (when maintenance is not linked to modernizations). As consequence, Russia will be able soon to stop the disposal of valuable combat ships relatively young, and to give exit to combat ships in working condition as help / sale, like has been doing with land based combat material.

In overall terms the Russian management is right from the point of the interest of the country. The management of the United States instead is the result of a policy where the interests of the oligarchs of the military industry are ahead of the interest of the country.

[eehnie]

It should be noted that the last mentioned ships are in fact the oldest ships of the Russian Navy with Saratov and Orsk, suggesting the likely disposal of the BSS-705200 around 2019. It's fair to think about leaving them first.

All other current warships are younger and have more modern designs.

(Automatically translated from English. Below is the original commentary in English)

To note that the last ships mentioned are actually the most aged ships of the Russian Navy with the Saratov and the Orsk, assuming the likely disposal around 2019 of the BSS-705200. It is fair to think about their exit first.

The rest of the current combat ships are all younger, and are all of more modern projects.

[eehnie]

B-602 Magadan replaced B-445 *

B-602 Magadan replaced B-445 *

[Tests]

eehnie, darling, into whose water are you pouring the mill? A harbor river minesweeper should be compared with a harbor river minesweeper. Not? Small artillery ship from the NURS of the 50s of the 20th century with what is comparable? And Great Britain, of course, can exchange Trenshant for Anson?

[1Alexey]

The news is, of course, very good.

It is especially pleasant that this time the defense industry did not disappoint - it delivered both nuclear submarines on time, as promised.

I hope that the rest of the 4th generation nuclear submarines will be delivered without delay, and there maybe the 5th generation will do.

[faterdom]

Quote: Lech from Android.

It's nice that the submarine is named after my hometown ...
I wish the crews of both nuclear submarines a successful voyage to their duty stations and long years of ocean voyages for the benefit of our country.

And Prince Oleg is a cool name. In my opinion - he, and not Rurik at all, is the real founder of the Russian state, and he lived the life of a prince in the sense of a military king, took everything where he reached, including Kiev and Constantinople, but did not put on the crown - left this business to the Rurikovichs. And a strange legendary death ... Not in battle, so poison.

[Serge-667]

At the moment, taking into account the SSBN of project 667BDRM, we can throw about 350 tons of heat and light to our probable friends with the help of the underwater component of the strategic nuclear forces.
By 2030, when the Dolphin project and the only remaining Kalmar are withdrawn from the Fleet, the maximum we will be capable of is weight, about 165 tons, with a lower TNT equivalent and provided that the Boreyev construction plan "will be completed in full.
I would like to know if this is normal? Is that how it should be?

[Vladimir1155]

it's good that they are building nuclear submarines, you need more and faster rhythmically and you also need to strengthen the bases of nuclear submarines with frigates with corvettes, and not uselessly rot frigates and cruisers in closed seas

[Olrov2010]

how good it feels at last