Amur Shipbuilding Plant
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Amur Shipbuilding Plant is an important shipyard in eastern Russia
, based in Komsomolsk-on-Amur
, and founded in 1932. It employs 15,000 people, and produces both civilian and military ships, including nuclear submarines.
Around 97 submarines (56 nuclear-powered and 41 conventional) as well as 36 warships were built at the yard. The shipyard started building nuclear submarines in 1957 and the first nuclear submarine was completed in 1960. Submarines built at the Amur Shipbuilding plant include Delta I class SSBNs, Echo I and II SSGNs and Akula class SSNs to name a few.
In 1992, (then) president Boris Yeltsin announced that Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk will remain the only nuclear submarine construction site.
In 2008, the first nuclear submarine built at the shipyard in 13 years suffered an accident in testing, killing 20 people.
Previously privately owned, it was sold in May 2009 for a nominal price of a few thousand roubles to the state-controlled United Shipbuilding Corporation
.
In 2011, it was (once again) announced that the shipyard would no longer build submarines.
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Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, based in Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Komsomolsk-on-Amur is a city in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, situated on the left bank of Amur River. It is located on the BAM railway line, northeast of Khabarovsk. Population: -Geography and climate:...
, and founded in 1932. It employs 15,000 people, and produces both civilian and military ships, including nuclear submarines.
Around 97 submarines (56 nuclear-powered and 41 conventional) as well as 36 warships were built at the yard. The shipyard started building nuclear submarines in 1957 and the first nuclear submarine was completed in 1960. Submarines built at the Amur Shipbuilding plant include Delta I class SSBNs, Echo I and II SSGNs and Akula class SSNs to name a few.
In 1992, (then) president Boris Yeltsin announced that Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk will remain the only nuclear submarine construction site.
In 2008, the first nuclear submarine built at the shipyard in 13 years suffered an accident in testing, killing 20 people.
Previously privately owned, it was sold in May 2009 for a nominal price of a few thousand roubles to the state-controlled United Shipbuilding Corporation
United Shipbuilding Corporation
United Shipbuilding Corporation is a open joint stock company in Russia which unite shipbuilding, repair and maintenance subsidiaries in western and northern Russia, and in the country's Far East, to streamline civilian shipbuilding using military facilities. The corporation was established by a...
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In 2011, it was (once again) announced that the shipyard would no longer build submarines.
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