Would you want to serve on a submarine that has been under repair for almost 20 years? Sailors in the Ukrainian Navy will get the chance when
a former USSR submarine enters service in 2011.
Ukraine’s only submarine ‘Zaporizhzhia’ which has been undergoing repairs for almost ten years is expected to enter service in 2011, according to the Defence Ministry.
RADM Yury Ilyin, Ukrainian Navy Deputy Commander was quoted as saying that Zaporizhzhia will start mooring trials in December and sea trials in May 2011 after which it will join Ukraine's naval forces.
The submarine was launched in Leningrad in 1970. Until 1990 it had been with the USSR Navy. Ukraine received the submarine during the division of the Black Sea Fleet after the USSR collapse. It has been repaired since 1991, media reports said.
By: Shelldrake
Would you want to serve on a submarine that has been under repair for almost 20 years? Sailors in the Ukrainian Navy will get the chance when a former USSR submarine enters service in 2011.
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