SSBN Alexander Nevsky Passed Another Trial Round

01.10.2012 Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Alexander Nevsky has successfully passed another round of shipyard's sea trials in the White Sea. During that "sea exam" all onboard systems were tested on different modes. All tasks were accomplished in full.

"Contracting company, trial team and the sub's crew have worked excellently", said Alexander Reznikov who is the engineer in charge of the submarine delivery. The shipyard's trial team headed by him and the crew led by Capt 1 Rank Vasily Tankovid have become the united collective which teamwork is aimed at timely execution of all assigned tasks.

According to Marat Abizhanov, military production director at Sevmash shipyard, previous sea trial rounds showed excellent propulsive performance and maneuverability of the sub. Upon termination of shipyard's sea trials, SSBN Alexander Nevsky will start the state acceptance ones.

Built under Project 955, Alexander Nevsky is the first batch-produced Borei-class ballistic missile submarine. Hull length is 170 meters; beam is 13.5 meters; test depth is 450 meters; submerged speed is 29 knots. Lead submarine of the series is SSBN Yury Dolgoruky. After SSBN Alexander Nevsky, two other subs were laid down at Sevmash shipyard, namely Vladimir Monomakh and Knyaz Vladimir.

Series of the fourth-generation nuclear submarines armed with Bulava ballistic missiles is to become the core of Russia's maritime nuclear strategic force for the next few decades.

JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation is Russia's largest shipbuilding company. It was established by presidential decree in 2007 with 100% shares in federal ownership. The holding comprises about 60 companies and organizations of shipbuilding industry (largest shipyards and ship-repair plants, leading design bureaus). Presently, the corporation consolidates about 70% of national shipbuilding industry. Although the company is oriented on Russian market, it exports production to 20 countries.

JSC Sevmash (affiliate of United Shipbuilding Corporation) is the largest multifield shipbuilding company in Russia. Production program is based on four main directions, i.e. state defense order, international military cooperation, construction of shelf development facilities and civil shipbuilding, and manufacturing products for machine-building and oil-and-gas industries.