K-3 Ленинский Комсомол, первая советская атомная подлодка
K-3 the first Soviet nuclear submarine is the central exhibite of the Museum of Naval Glory of Russia in Kronshtadt
K-3 Leninsky Komsomol belongs to Project 627. The boat was laid down on September 24, 1955 in Severodvinsk, at Plant No. 402 (now Sevmash). The submarine was launched on August 9, 1957, physical launch of the reactors took place in September 1957. The Navy flag was hoisted on July 1, 1958, on July 4, 1958 for the first time in the USSR the submarine was launched under the nuclear propulsion system, on December 17, 1958 it was taken over from the defense industry under the guarantee of elimination of the revealed defects. In 1962 became the first Soviet submarine to reach the North Pole. Until 1986, it was part of the permanent readiness forces.
On September 2, 1952, I.V. Stalin, Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers, signed a decree "On Design and Construction of Object 627" - on the beginning of work on the development of a nuclear-powered submarine, which was to be a response to the construction of the USS Nautilus nuclear submarine in the USA. These ships were designed by SKB-143, later known as SPMBM Malakhit. A total of 13 subs were built, the K-3, the first and only Project 627 and 12 of the improved Project 627A. The Project 627(A) submarines were in service for about 30 years, from the 1960s through the 1990s. They were part of the Northern and Pacific fleets.
K-3 Ленинский Комсомол, первая советская атомная подлодка
K-3 the first Soviet nuclear submarine is the central exhibite of the Museum of Naval Glory of Russia in Kronshtadt
K-3 Leninsky Komsomol belongs to Project 627. The boat was laid down on September 24, 1955 in Severodvinsk, at Plant No. 402 (now Sevmash). The submarine was launched on August 9, 1957, physical launch of the reactors took place in September 1957. The Navy flag was hoisted on July 1, 1958, on July 4, 1958 for the first time in the USSR the submarine was launched under the nuclear propulsion system, on December 17, 1958 it was taken over from the defense industry under the guarantee of elimination of the revealed defects. In 1962 became the first Soviet submarine to reach the North Pole. Until 1986, it was part of the permanent readiness forces.
On September 2, 1952, I.V. Stalin, Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers, signed a decree "On Design and Construction of Object 627" - on the beginning of work on the development of a nuclear-powered submarine, which was to be a response to the construction of the USS Nautilus nuclear submarine in the USA. These ships were designed by SKB-143, later known as SPMBM Malakhit. A total of 13 subs were built, the K-3, the first and only Project 627 and 12 of the improved Project 627A. The Project 627(A) submarines were in service for about 30 years, from the 1960s through the 1990s. They were part of the Northern and Pacific fleets.