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The Russian Navy Is So Broke It Is Scraping Its Biggest Submarine Ever
MSN ^ | 6-4 | Peter Suciu

Posted on 06/04/2023 8:31:35 AM PDT by dennisw

It all came down to costs, and Moscow apparently couldn't afford to keep operating what had been the world's largest nuclear-powered submarine.

In February, Russia decommissioned its Project 941 Akula-class (NATO reporting name Typhoon) heavy nuclear-powered missile-carrying submarine cruiser Dmitry Donskoy years earlier than expected. It was just two years ago that the Kremlin announced the boat would remain in service until at least 2026, even as its role was reportedly limited to that of a weapons test platform for the new Borei-, Borei-A-, Yasen- and Yasen-M-class submarines

However, this week, it was confirmed that Dmitry Donskoi was decommissioned in February due to cost considerations. It had served for more than 40 years in the Northern Fleet.

"The Dmitry Donskoi could no longer be in service due to its spent nuclear core," a source in the Russian Navy told state media outlet Tass on Thursday.

The Dmitry Donskoi’s Career Initially designated the TK-208, she was the lead vessel of the Soviet third-generation Akula-class (Russian for "Shark"). She entered service in 1981 with the Soviet Navy, and after a 12-year overhaul and refit that began in 1990, she reentered service in 2002 as the Dmitry Donskoi, named after the Grand Duke of Moscow Dmitry Donskoy (1359–1389), the reputed founder of Moscow.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Russia; War
KEYWORDS: 1945; dmitrydonsko; dmitrydonskoi; navy; onthebrink; petersuciu; rublestoukrainewar; russia; russiannavy; scraping; subs; typhoonclass
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To: dfwgator

LOL. Somebody had to carry that torch.


81 posted on 06/04/2023 2:21:11 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: chajin
When was the last time a USN sub was named after a fighting saint?

Patron Saints of Congressional appropriations? Let's see, there was the William H Bates, the Glennard P. Lipbscomb, The L. Mendel Rivers and the Richard B Russell who was so great a Saint that they also named a Congressional Office Building after him.

82 posted on 06/04/2023 2:26:54 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Secret Agent Man

There is a lesson in that. Most of our manufacturing is offshored to China.


83 posted on 06/04/2023 2:33:28 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: OA5599

those are 688’s


84 posted on 06/04/2023 2:50:05 PM PDT by mylife (I was a sort of country boy, a cockeyed optimist, wrapped in international intrigue and espionage)
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To: mylife

Yup. Flight I’s. SSN-701 & 711.


85 posted on 06/04/2023 3:01:09 PM PDT by OA5599
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Not only that the reactors pump out significantly more power than the Nimitz class, for the new emals launch system and for supposed future electromagnetic weapons.


86 posted on 06/04/2023 3:06:41 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: SaveFerris
Seems like a good idea. Are the reactors still running, at low power?

Yes, the reactors are running. It's for training engineering personnel on a real naval reactor plant before they hit the fleet. I don't know what power the MTS's are capable of producing, but I doubt they are restricted to low power. The land based naval reactor training units use a water brake to be able to go to 100% power.

Reactor power follows steam demand, so I'd imagine the La Jolla and San Fran are limited to whatever the screw shaft is now connected to and how much torque it can handle.

87 posted on 06/04/2023 3:10:06 PM PDT by OA5599
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To: dennisw
Scraping

And a full day later, this typo at MSN has yet to be corrected.

88 posted on 06/04/2023 3:11:09 PM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President. A conservative who fights and wins.)
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To: Pan_Yan

Yes, Akula is not a Typhoon. Typhoon is an SSBN.


89 posted on 06/04/2023 4:01:32 PM PDT by grwcfl537
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