SSK Kaluga Leaving Covered Slipway

03.05.2012 JSC Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center will withdraw diesel electric submarine (SSK) Kaluga on May 26, reports Central Navy Portal.

SSK Kaluga is the first Project 877 Varshavyanka Russian conventional submarine passed modernization and interim overhaul over the last twenty years.

The sub arrived at Zvezdochka in 2000 and had been staying at the yard's quay and on slipways for almost 10 years pending repairs. Due to lack of financing, works on Kaluga were postponed for ten years. Full-scale repair started only in 2010.

After launching, the sub will be outfitted afloat. Mooring trials will start in June; in the fall of 2012, SSK Kaluga will take the sea to pass shipyard's trials.

Late in 2012 the submarine will be handed over to the Navy and be in service for 10 years.

Basic characteristics of Project 877LPMB diesel electric submarine B-800 Kaluga

NATO classification: Kilo
Surface speed: 10 knots
Submerged speed: 17 knots
Operating depth: 240 meters
Test depth: 350 meters
Endurance: 45 days
Complement: 57 men
Surface displacement: 2,300 tons
Submerged displacement: 3,040 tons
Length overall (at design waterline): 72.6-73.8 meters
Beam overall: 9.9 meters
Mean draft (at design waterline): 6.2 meters

Project 877LPMB submarines are armed with six 533-mm bow torpedo tubes. Combat load is 18 torpedoes (24 mines). Launch of Club-S and SAM Strela-3M (or Igla-1) missiles is possible as well.