According to the Sevmash press service, the operation is conducted by local specialists together with representatives of the Nizhny Novgorod-based company OKBM Afrikantov and the crew of a support vessel from the Belomorye navy base.
Lack of funding has forced the Navy to let heavy cruiser lie moored in Severodvinsk for the last nine years. The 24,500 ton vessel still remains in good shape thanks to regular maintenance from Sevmash.
The Admiral Nakhimov is 251 meter long. It has two reactors. The main military hardware is “Granit” cruiser missile, the “Fort” anti-aircraft missile, as well as the “Osa-MA” and “Vodopad” missiles. The ship also has three Ka-27 helicopters, Sevmash informs.
