The submarine "Leninsky Komsomol" will continue to serve as a museum
The first Soviet nuclear submarine K-3 "Leninsky Komsomol" will become a museum, reports MIC with reference to the former commander of the North fleet, Member of the Maritime College under the Government of Russia Vyacheslav Popov.
“The timing (discovery) to determine early, while we are talking only about the timing of conversion, that is, the timing of preparation for launching. The funds for conversion were allocated last fall, ”said Popov in Kaliningrad after the conference“ Problems of the Study and Preservation of Maritime Heritage. ”
According to him, the conversion will take less than a year, “during this time at the Nerpa shipyard (Snezhnogorsk) the boat will be prepared for launching from a solid base and shipped to Murmansk.” Then they will invite a designer who will be engaged in the “museification of the nuclear submarine”.
“The K-3 museum will look harmoniously in Murmansk, next to the Lenin icebreaker museum, the first nuclear-powered icebreaker. Of course, St. Petersburg also wants to host the museum, but with historical from the point of view, the atomic maritime theme should be developed precisely in Murmansk, ”the ex-commander noted and added that the museum“ could become a branch of the Northern Fleet Museum or the Central Naval Museum ”.
Earlier, the director of the plant "Nerpa" reported that for the conversion of K-3 will need about 46 million rubles.
Help MIC: "" Leninsky Komsomol ", the first Soviet and the world's third nuclear submarine, was launched in 1957 year. In the 1967 year, due to the fire that occurred during combat duty in compartments I and II, 39 people were killed on the submarine. In 1991, the boat was withdrawn from the Navy. "
The powerhouse of the boat was dismantled in 2007 and is now stored in Sayda-Guba (Murmansk region). Later, the plant created a dummy compartment.
“The timing (discovery) to determine early, while we are talking only about the timing of conversion, that is, the timing of preparation for launching. The funds for conversion were allocated last fall, ”said Popov in Kaliningrad after the conference“ Problems of the Study and Preservation of Maritime Heritage. ”
According to him, the conversion will take less than a year, “during this time at the Nerpa shipyard (Snezhnogorsk) the boat will be prepared for launching from a solid base and shipped to Murmansk.” Then they will invite a designer who will be engaged in the “museification of the nuclear submarine”.
“The K-3 museum will look harmoniously in Murmansk, next to the Lenin icebreaker museum, the first nuclear-powered icebreaker. Of course, St. Petersburg also wants to host the museum, but with historical from the point of view, the atomic maritime theme should be developed precisely in Murmansk, ”the ex-commander noted and added that the museum“ could become a branch of the Northern Fleet Museum or the Central Naval Museum ”.
Earlier, the director of the plant "Nerpa" reported that for the conversion of K-3 will need about 46 million rubles.
Help MIC: "" Leninsky Komsomol ", the first Soviet and the world's third nuclear submarine, was launched in 1957 year. In the 1967 year, due to the fire that occurred during combat duty in compartments I and II, 39 people were killed on the submarine. In 1991, the boat was withdrawn from the Navy. "
The powerhouse of the boat was dismantled in 2007 and is now stored in Sayda-Guba (Murmansk region). Later, the plant created a dummy compartment.
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