On July 28, 2026, Severodvinsk hosted the ceremony of decommissioning JSC Production Association Northern Machine-Building Enterprise (NSR, part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation) from the slipway for the subsequent launching of the Ulyanovsk nuclear submarine cruiser (factory number 166), the sixth ship of the modified project, which is under construction for the Russian Navy. 08851 (project 885M; code "Ash-M"). The ceremony was attended by Admiral Alexander Moiseev, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy. Ulyanovsk is to become part of the Northern Fleet.
The ceremony of decommissioning the Ulyanovsk nuclear submarine cruiser (factory number 166) of the modified project 08851 (project 885M; code "Yasen-M") from the workshop of JSC "Production Association "Northern Machine-Building Enterprise". Severodvinsk, 07/28/2026 (c) United Shipbuilding Corporation JSC
The official laying of the lead nuclear submarine Ulyanovsk (serial number 166) of the modified project 08851 was carried out in Severodvinsk on July 28, 2017. This ship is the fifth and last of five serial nuclear submarines of Project 08851 (Yasen-M) with serial numbers 162, 163, 164, 165 and 166, which are being built under a contract signed on November 9, 2011 by the Russian Ministry of Defense with JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC). The project was developed by JSC St. Petersburg Marine Engineering Bureau Malachite.
The lead nuclear-powered submarine of the fourth generation of the Project 885 series (code "Yasen") K-560 Severodvinsk (serial number 160) was laid down at the NSR on December 21, 1993 and handed over to the Russian Navy for trial operation on June 17, 2014.
Further construction of the series is carried out at the NSR according to the modernized project 08851 (code "Yasen-M"), according to which the first nuclear submarine K-561 Kazan (factory number 161) was laid down on July 24, 2009, which was withdrawn from the NSR workshop on March 31, 2017, launched on April 8, 2017. She entered factory sea trials on September 24, 2018 and was commissioned into the Russian Navy on May 7, 2021.
As part of the aforementioned 2011 contract, the first serial nuclear submarine of the 08851 K-573 Novosibirsk project (serial number 162) was built at the NSR, which was laid down on July 26, 2013, decommissioned on December 25, 2019, entered factory sea trials on July 1, 2021 and was commissioned . The Russian Navy joined the Pacific Fleet on December 21, 2021. On September 28, 2022, Novosibirsk, having completed an inter-fleet transfer from the Northern to the Pacific Fleet, arrived at its permanent base in Kamchatka.
The second ship under the 2011 contract, K-571 Krasnoyarsk (serial number 163) of the modified project 08851, was laid down in Severodvinsk on July 27, 2014, decommissioned on July 30, 2021, and entered factory sea trials on June 26, 2022. The Krasnoyarsk joined the Navy on December 11, 2023, and on September 24, 2024, after making an inter-fleet transition from the Northern to the Pacific Fleet, arrived at its permanent base in Kamchatka.
The third ship under this contract, K-562 Arkhangelsk (serial number 164), was laid down in Severodvinsk on March 19, 2015. The Arkhangelsk's withdrawal ceremony from the NSR workshop took place on November 29, 2023, and the ship sailed for the first time for factory sea trials on June 11, 2024. December 27, 2024 Arkhangelsk name/news/959263_atomnyi_podvodnyi_kreiser_arhangelsk_vveden_v_stroi_vmf_rossii.html " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">joined the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy.
The fourth ship under the 2011 Perm contract (serial number 165) was laid down at the NSR on July 29, 2016. The nuclear submarine Perm was withdrawn from the NSR boathouse on March 27, 2025. At the decommissioning ceremony, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced via videoconference that Perm had become the first multi-purpose submarine armed with Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles. The ship entered factory sea trials on August 23, 2025 and is expected to be delivered to the Navy by the end of 2026. It is reported that the Perm is intended for the Pacific Fleet.
In June 2019, the Russian Ministry of Defense signed a contract with USC for the construction of two more serial nuclear-powered submarines of project 08851 (Yasen-M), which were officially laid down at the NSR on July 20, 2020 under the names Voronezh and Vladivostok (factory numbers 167 and 168), with contractual delivery dates. The years 2027 and 2028.
On June 17, 2026, the laying ceremony for the Murmansk nuclear submarine (serial number 169), the ninth ship of the modified project 08851 (project 885M; code "Yasen-M"), was held at the NSR for the Russian Navy under a new contract. This is the first nuclear-powered submarine of this project, laid down after a six-year hiatus.
The ceremony of decommissioning the Ulyanovsk nuclear submarine cruiser (factory number 166) of the modified project 08851 (project 885M; code "Yasen-M") from the workshop of JSC "Production Association "Northern Machine-Building Enterprise". Severodvinsk, 07/28/2026 (c) United Shipbuilding Corporation JSC
