The lead submarine of project 677 "St. Petersburg" was sent for repair with possible modernization
The lead diesel-electric submarine of project 677 "St. Petersburg" will undergo repairs, at present the submarine is already in the Baltic, although the inter-naval transition fleet the Baltic Ministry of Defense did not report.
The diesel-electric submarine "St. Petersburg" is currently in Kronstadt awaiting repairs. According to an informed source in the Russian military-industrial complex, the submarine can be sent to the Admiralty Shipyards for work, although maintenance of diesel-electric submarines is traditionally carried out at the Kronstadt Marine Plant.
- leads TASS source words.
He did not explain what this was connected with, but earlier unofficial information flashed that the submarine could change the composition of weapons by introducing Caliber cruise missiles into it during modernization. Serial submarines of the project "Lada" were armed with "Caliber" from the very beginning, while the lead submarine was armed only with torpedoes and mines.
The lead submarine "St. Petersburg" of project 677 was laid down on the stocks of the "Admiralty Shipyards" in December 1997, launched on October 28, 2004. The construction of the submarine was difficult, repeatedly stopped due to lack of funding or the elimination of design flaws. In April 2010, the submarine was transferred to the Russian Navy for trial operation, which she took place in the Northern Fleet.
In 2020, the Saint Petersburg was sent to the Kronstadt Marine Plant for repair and modernization, and in 2021 the submarine was introduced into the Northern Fleet as an independent combat unit.
Project 677 submarines of the Lada type belong to the fourth generation of diesel-electric submarines. Differ in the low level of noise. The submarine displacement is 1765 tons, length is 67 meters, width is 7 meters, underwater speed is 21 knots, immersion depth is more than 300 meters, autonomy is 45 days. The submarine is equipped with six 533-mm torpedo tubes.
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