Amur Shipbuilding Plant Explained

Amur Shipbuilding Plant
Type:Open joint-stock company
Industry:Shipbuilding
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Hq Location City:Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Hq Location Country:Russia
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Parent:United Shipbuilding Corporation

OJSC Amur Shipbuilding Plant (Russian: Амурский судостроительный завод, Amurskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod, and also called the "Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard"[1]) is an important shipyard in eastern Russia, based in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, and founded in 1932.[2] It employs 15,000 people, and produces both civilian and military ships, including nuclear submarines.[3]

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, with the first one completed in 1960. Submarines built at the Amur Shipbuilding plant include Delta I class ballistic missile submarines, Echo I and II class cruise missile submarines and Akula-class attack submarines.[4] [5] In 1992, then-president Boris Yeltsin announced that the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk would remain the only nuclear submarine construction site.[6] [7]

In 2008, the first nuclear submarine built at the shipyard in 13 years suffered an accident during sea trials, killing 20 people.[8]

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.[9] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Podvig, Pavel. Oleg Bukharin . Frank von Hippel . Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces. MIT Press. 2004. 0-262-66181-0.
  2. Web site: Amur Shipbuilding Plant Open Joint-Stock Company. https://web.archive.org/web/20120927072851/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=20440831. dead. 27 September 2012. Bloomberg BusinessWeek. 4 January 2010.
  3. News: "Амурский судостроительный завод" продан за несколько тысяч рублей. 11 May 2009. Gazeta. 4 January 2010.
  4. Web site: John Pike . 667B DELTA I - Russian and Soviet Nuclear Forces . Globalsecurity.org . 12 August 2017 . 18 April 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070418143704/http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/667B.htm . dead .
  5. Web site: John Pike . Komsomol'sk-na-Amure / Komsomolsk-na-Amur . Globalsecurity.org . 1 January 1970 . 12 August 2017.
  6. Web site: 12 October 2011 . Amur Shipyard Quits Building Submarines . Rusnavy.com . 12 August 2017.
  7. Web site: Russia . 4 January 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100102143546/http://www.nti.org/db/nisprofs/russia/naval/nucflt/pacflt/amur.htm . 2 January 2010.
  8. News: False alarm blamed in sub fatalities . Loiko . Sergei L. . 10 November 2008 . Los Angeles Times. 4 January 2010 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20090825161445/http://articles.latimes.com/2008/nov/10/world/fg-russiasub10 . 25 August 2009 .
  9. News: Russian Government snaps up shipyard. https://web.archive.org/web/20090522194734/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/russianow/5350541/Russian-Government-snaps-up-shipyard.html. dead. 22 May 2009. Abdullaev. Nadi. 18 May 2009. The Moscow Times. Rossiyskaya Gazeta/Daily Telegraph. 4 January 2010.

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