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“Yekaterinburg” back in service in December

"Yekaterinburg" was brought out of the yard and started sea trials in June 2014.

The nuclear-powered submarine “Yekaterinburg”, which was severely damaged in a fire in December 2011, will be put back in service in the Northern Fleet in December, Zvezdochka shipyard reports.

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Repairs of the Delta-IV class submarine “Yekaterinburg” started in June 2012. For the last four months, the vessel has been undergoing mooring trials outside Zvezdochka shipyard in Severodvinsk. The reactors will be started up shortly and the vessel should be ready for service again in December, General Director of Zvezdochka Vladimir Nikitin says to TASS.

The nuclear submarine caught fire on December 29 2011 while it was in a floating dock at the naval yard Roslyakovo north of Murmansk on Russia’s Kola Peninsula for repairs. The fire led to serious damage of the submarine’s outer hull and hydroacoustic antenna. 

Read all BarentsObserver’s articles on the fire aboard “Yekaterinburg”

According to Nikitin, the repairs have prolonged the nearly 30 year old vessel’s lifetime with three years. Zvezdochka shipyard is in the process of overhauling all of Russia’s Delta-IV submarines. “Yekaterinburg” is the fifth of the six Delta-IV submarines in active duty to go through overhaul.

Watch video by Zvezdochka about the repair works on «Yekaterinburg»