Submarines Project 885 "Ash" named Archangel and Project 677 "Lada" provided for Day of submariner in St. Petersburg Russia

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MOSCOW, February 27 - RIA Novosti. Nuclear submarine (NPS) "Archangel" Project 885 "Ash" and diesel-electric submarine (SSK) "Great Luke" Project 677 "Lada" lay on March 19 - the Day of Submariner, told RIA Novosti on Friday, a senior official of the Military Industrial Commission.

"Archangel" is the fifth submarine Project 885 "Ash". Currently, the Russian Navy submarine is one of this type - "Severodvinsk", three more are under construction, but only up to 2020 is planned to lay the seven "clear." Housing SSK "Great Luke" is the third project 677 "Lada" and was founded in 2006 under the name "Sevastopol", but the former Navy Commander Vladimir Vysotsky has suspended development of this project to address the shortcomings of the submarine noise isolation.

"On the day of the diver on the" Sevmash "(Severodvinsk) will provide the fifth submarine Project 885" Ash ", which will be named" Archangel. "On the same day in St. Petersburg is planned to re-pledge boat Project 677" Lada ", which previously was called" Sevastopol. "It will be completed on a new, upgraded design, so it was decided to lay the boat under a new name -" Great Luke "," - said the official.

The first diesel-electric submarines of the "Lada" under the name "Saint Petersburg" is currently in trial operation in the Northern Fleet, and the second - "Kronstadt" - will be completed according to the old project.

Earlier, Deputy General Director of CDB "Ruby" Andrey Baranov, told RIA Novosti that the submarines airindependent power plant, which is expected to be equipped with diesel-electric submarines of the "Harmony" will be produced in Russia in 2016.

Multipurpose nuclear submarines "Ash" - the fourth generation of ships with reduced acoustic field. They are designed to destroy ground, surface and underwater objects. Armed with these submarines are made cruise missiles "Caliber" and "Onyx", which can hit targets at sea and on the ground at a distance of 1.5 thousand kilometers, as well as universal deep homing torpedoes. "Ash" has a displacement of 13.8 thousand tons, capable of diving to a depth of 600 meters and develop underwater speed of 31 knots.