Specialists ship-repair enterprise "Zvezdochka" finished unloading nuclear fuel from the reactor of the submarine K-222.

Unique ship, which has no analogues world - titanium K-222, also known as the "goldfish" (due to the prohibitive cost of construction), disposed on the enterprise "Zvezdochka" reports "View".

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u-boat, the hull of which was made of titanium, could develop a record for submarines speed of 44.7 knots (about 83 km/h).

Revealing incident occurred in waters of the Atlantic ocean during the March-222 met with the American aircraft carrier "Saratoga". The ship tried to break away from the submarine, developing a speed of over 30 knots, but to go from an unknown submarine could not. Moreover, the submarine was able to overtake an aircraft carrier, which caused the captain a real shock, and he hastened to divert the ship to the base in Rotterdam. the

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But terrible K-222 and remained the only ship of the project 661 "Oro". Despite its outstanding driving performance because it could not keep up none of the destroyer, the submarine was too expensive for mass production and has a high acoustic signature.

Cutting K-222 at a shipyard Zvezdochka in Severodvinsk.

he completed the disposal of the sub. Specialists repair center "Zvezdochka" noted that the most difficult part of the project was the unloading of spent nuclear fuel from the design features of the submarine.

Now the rest of the cutting icebreaker trehotsechnyh unit (reactor compartment and two adjacent thereto) will be towed in side-lip on the Kola Peninsula. There's reactor compartment lift ashore and send in the item long-term storage.

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