Project 667BDRM nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Verkhoturye has been repaired on the main slipway of JSC Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center
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The submarine has left the covered slipway. After that, nuclear reactor cores will be refueled.
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SSBN Verkhoturye is not a young submarine; she was built in 1984 and passed interim overhaul at Zvezdochka in 1993-1998 in the times of persistent underfinancing.
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Old equipment from utilized subs was mounted instead of new one. In this regard, most of onboard systems has been rejected and need replacement
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Works on the sub's technical recovery and service life extension started in the fall of 2010.
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Since that time, the shipyard has carried out repair of the hull, outboard fittings, ballast tanks, mechanisms of rudder/propeller unit, and other onboard systems
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The submarine is going to be launched in mid Apr 2012 and then will be outfitted afloat.
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Zvezdochka will conduct mooring and sea trials in the summer and the fall. As is expected, SSBN Verkhoturye would be recommissioned into the Navy late Nov 2012.
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