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The Pacific Fleet continues to prepare for the reception of new nuclear and diesel-electric submarines. According to the press service of the fleet, new floating berths are being installed at the base of the submarine forces of the Pacific Fleet in Kamchatka.
The base of the submarine forces of the Pacific Fleet in Vilyuchinsk will receive a new floating berth capable of providing simultaneous parking of two submarines with simultaneous maintenance of submarines. The berths of the PM-61M1 project were manufactured at the Vostochnaya Shipyard in Vladivostok under a contract with the Ministry of Defense.
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The berth provides simultaneous parking of two submarines or two surface ships, water and electricity supply from the shore, telephone communication, as well as loading and unloading operations along the entire length of the berth using pneumatic wheeled and tracked cranes.
In May of this year, the commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Sergey Avakyants, said that the fleet expects the arrival of two nuclear submarines this year, we are talking about the strategic missile carrier Prince Oleg of the Borey-A project and the multipurpose nuclear submarine Novosibirsk of the Yasen-M project. Both submarines are the first serial submarines of their projects, joined the Russian Navy on the same day - December 21, 2021 and were in the Northern Fleet. The arrival of the third project 636.3 "Magadan", located in the Baltic Sea, is also expected, awaiting the command for the inter-fleet crossing.
