Icebreaker Lenin, Project 92, 1959 Waterline (Plastic model) - HobbySearch Military Model Store

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-Started work at the Leningrad Admiralty Shipyard in 1959. Total length 134m, displacement 16,000 tons, three OK-150 reactors, power 90mw, speed 18 knots.
-Constructed for the operation of the Arctic Ocean Channel between the Murman Scubaell Straits in winter.
-The initial installation of three OK-150 reactors was expanded to one for maintenance and research.
-Since the OK-150 was an early pressurized water reactor, an accident that killed 30 people happened in 1965.
-In 1967, it was replaced with the new OK-900 reactor.
-In 1971, we conducted high-latitude surveys and explored the Arctic Ocean Sea Route, making it possible to navigate all year round.
-Received the Order of Lenin in 1974.
-Retire in 1989 due to deterioration.
-Currently mooring as a museum ship in Murmansk.

Item Size/Weight : 29 x 18.7 x 4.7 cm / 240g