Today marks exactly 60 years since, both in the USSR for the first time on a submarine ("Leninsky Komsomol") atomic reactor was launched, and the boat gave his first move at the nuclear power plant. In this way, "Leninsky Komsomol" became the first Soviet nuclear submarine, paving the way for the entire nuclear submarine fleet of our country.
Submarine "Leninsky Komsomol" got its name in memory of the eponymous submarine of the Northern Fleet of the USSR, who did not return from a military campaign in 1943 year - in the midst of the Great Patriotic War.
On the Navy of the USSR adopted a pilot combat operation in December 1958 of the year. it is noteworthy, that the adoption by the RBE "Leninsky Komsomol" nuclear submarine was carried out before the creation of all necessary s coastal infrastructure, including infrastructure maintenance reactor. Infrastructure has been put into operation a little later, that granted the most Premier League, by and large, It had no effect.
Submarine "Leninsky Komsomol" became also the first Soviet submarine, held under the ice of the Arctic Ocean, twice passed the point of the geographic North Pole. In July 1962 the submarine has carried out surfacing in the vicinity of the polar point.
To date submarine "Leninsky Komsomol" awaiting a final decision on its conversion into a museum. It is a nuclear submarine, derived from the Navy, in the waters "Nerpa" shipyard. The main problem for the conversion of the first Soviet nuclear submarine in a museum, as always, financial.
