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The Yasen class, Russian designations Project 885 Yasen and Project 885M Yasen-M (Russian: Ясень, lit. 'ash tree', NATO reporting name: Severodvinsk), also referred to as the Graney class, are a series of nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines designed by the Malakhit Marine Engineering Bureau and built by Sevmash for the Russian Navy.
Severodvinsk was handed over to the Russian Navy in late December 2013. [citation needed] The flag-raising ceremony was held on 17 June 2014, marking its introduction into the Russian Navy. [10] In November 2014, the submarine successfully tested its rescue capsule which surfaced from a depth of 40 metres (130 ft) with five crew members inside.
A new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) called the R-39UTTH Bark was developed in parallel. However, the work on this missile was abandoned and a new missile, the RSM-56 Bulava, was designed. The submarine needed to be redesigned to accommodate the new missile, and the design name was changed to Project 955.
The Delta III-class submarine, Soviet designation Project 667BDR Kaľmar (Squid), is a large ballistic missile submarine operated by the Russian Navy. Like other previous Delta-class submarines , the Delta III class is a double hulled design, with a thin low magnetic steel outer hull wrapped around a thicker inner pressure hull .
Yasen-class submarines, also known as Project 885M, are nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines, built to replace Soviet-era nuclear attack submarines as part of a programme to modernise the ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday traveled to a shipyard to attend the commissioning of new nuclear submarines, a visit that showcased the country's nuclear might amid the fighting in ...
Severodvinsk, the lead vessel of the Yasen-class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines, was completed in 2010 and commissioned in 2013. The second Borei-class submarine Aleksandr Nevskiy was launched later in 2010 and delivered to the Navy on 23 December 2013, becoming the 130th nuclear-powered submarine produced by Sevmash. [ 5 ]
The Russian navy declared that the submarine will be improved in comparison to Severodvinsk, the first of the Yasen / Graney class. [2] Compared to the first-of-class, Kazan is some 40 feet (12 m) shorter than Severodvinsk, resulting from the deletion of a sonar array from the former's bow. According to one naval analyst, the intention was ...