Russia’s Project 877 SSK Submarine Komsomolsk-on-Amur re-enters service after upgrade

: Posted On Wednesday, 01 February 2017 19:00

Naval Forces News - Russia

Russia’s Project 877 SSK Submarine Komsomolsk-on-Amur re-enters service after upgrade

The Project 877 B-187 diesel-electric submarine Komsomolsk-on-Amur has re-entered service with Russia’s Pacific Fleet after it was repaired and upgraded at the Amur Shipyard in the Khabarovsk Territory in the Far East, the fleet’s press office said.

The Project 877 B-187 diesel-electric submarine Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Picture: korabli.eu

"The large diesel-electric submarine Komsomolsk-on-Amur has re-entered service with the Pacific Fleet. The ceremony was held in Vladivostok [in Russia’s Far East]," Russian Eastern Military District spokesman for the Pacific Fleet Vladimir Matveyev said.

"Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Sergei Avakyants thanked the shipyard on behalf of the fleet’s Military Council and congratulated the submarine forces on the submarine’s re-entry into service," he added.

The press office of the Khabarovsk Territory’s administration said that the ceremony had been held in Ulysses Bay. People, who repaired and tested the submarine, were awarded merit certificates. The ceremony was attended by Governors of the Primorye and the Khabarovsk Territories Vladimir Miklushevsky and Vyacheslav Shport.

The Project 877 B-187 diesel-electric submarine is designed to fight the enemy’s submarines and ships, defend naval bases and coastal and sea facilities and conduct reconnaissance and patrolling activities.

The submarine has a displacement of more than 3,000 tons, a length of 72.6 meters, a submerged speed of 17 knots and a depth of submersion of 300 meters. The submarine’s cruising capacity is 45 days and its crew totals 57.
The Project 877 submarine is armed with six 533mm torpedo tubes.

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