Zvezdochka Shipyard and the Russian Navy on Friday, July 27 signed an acceptance certificate for the SSBN Novomoskovsk, the shipbuilder’s press service said. The nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine underwent an average overhaul and upgrade at Zvezdocka shipyards in Severodvinsk.
The SSBN Novomoskovsk keel was laid down at the Northern Machine-Building Enterprise (now JSC PO Sevmash) in June 1987. The submarine was launched on February 28, 1990. The flag hoisting ceremony was held on November 27, 1990 and the SSBN Vovomoskovsk was commissioned into service with the Russian Navy.
According to open sources, the Project 667BDRM Delfin-class (Delta IV) submarines have a length of 167m, breadth - 12 m, displacement - about 12,000 tons, maximum depth - 400 meters, underwater speed - up to 24 knots, complement - 140 people. Armaments include a D-9RM missile system (16 RSM-54 ballistic missiles) and four 533-mm torpedo tubes (18 torpedoes). The Project 667BDRM was designed by the St. Petersburg-based Rubin Marine Equipment Design Bureau.
Since commissioning the submarine had successfully completed over two dozens of combat alert missions, conducted 14 missile launches. During the years of service the ship had covered more than 100,000 nm.