SSGN Severodvinsk Starts Sea Update

SSGN Severodvinsk Starts Sea Trials in November

Fourth-generation Project 885 Yasen nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine (SSGN) Severodvinsk will pass state sea trials in coming November; upon their results, the sub will be commissioned into Russian Navy in Dec 2012, said an insider in Russian defense industry on Sept 4.
“After the shipyard’s sea trials, Severodvinsk returned to Sevmash and currently undergoes testing of torpedo tubes.
In mid-Sept, the sub will take the sea for the fourth time in this year to hold another round of trials. State sea trials are scheduled in November, and then the state acceptance board will commission the sub into the Navy“, reports ITAR-TASS citing the source.
“It is a single-shaft submarine powered by water-cooled and water-moderated nuclear reactor with one turbine“, he explained.

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