Rubin Design Bureau

Rubin Central Design Bureau for Marine Engineering, abbreviated as TsKB "Rubin" , located in Saint Petersburg, is the largest of Russia's three main centers of submarine design, the other two being Malakhit Marine Engineering Bureau and Lazurit Central Design Bureau. Rubin has designed more than two-thirds of the nuclear submarines in the Russian Navy. The three design centers are named after minerals: ruby, malachite and lazurite.

History

Early history

On 4 January 1901 the Marine Ministry of Russia assigned the task of designing a combat submarine for the Russian Navy to three officers: Lieutenant M.N. Beklemishev, Lieutenant I.S. Goryunov and naval architect Senior Assistant I.G. Bubnov, an employee at the Ministry's Baltic Shipyard where the construction of the vessel was planned to take place. The men submitted their design to the Marine Ministry on 3 May 1901; it was approved the following July, and the Baltic Shipyard was then awarded the order for construction of Torpedo Boat No. 113 (later renamed combat submarine

Cold War

In 1947 TsKB-18 completed the development of Project 613 (designated the Whiskey-class submarine in NATO classification) – a torpedo diesel-electric submarine of medium displacement which took into account the combat experiences of Soviet and German submarines from the War. Commissioned by the Navy in 1951, the 215 unit series built to Project 613 was the largest in the Soviet Union. Approximately 25 to 30 of the submarines were built in People's Republic of China, and the design was handed over to Chinese technicians.

P.P. Pustyntsev (ru:Пустынцев, Павел Петрович), who headed the Bureau from 1951 to 1974, created the design for Project 641 (NATO classification: Foxtrot-class submarine), which began development in 1955. 75 units of this class were commissioned to the Navy in 1963. The same year the Hotel-class submarine, which had begun development in 1956 as Project 658, was redesigned to enable underwater launching of D-4 ballistic missiles. In 1965 the Lenin Prize was awarded for works related to the underwater launch of ballistic missiles. In 1963 Project 667A (NATO classification: Yankee-class submarine), a second-generation nuclear missile submarine, was developed. Joining the Soviet fleet in 1967, the Project 667A submarine became the first ship of the largest series of nuclear missile submarines (34 units). Later known as "nuclear missile submarine cruisers," improvements to the Yankee-class submarines would include the installation of longer-range and multiple-warhead missiles. The success of submarine Projects 667A and 667B (Delta-class submarines) would be rewarded with Lenin Prizes in 1970 and 1974, respectively. The Yankee-based ballistic missile submarine family comprises: Project 667A Yankee, Project 667B Delta I, Project 667BD Delta II, Project 667BDR Delta III, and Project 667BDRM Delta IV.

TsKB-18 was renamed Rubin in 1966. The Oscar-class submarine started development in 1971, and followed by the Typhoon class (Project 941) in 1976. In 1974 Igor Spassky succeeded Pustyntsev as head of the bureau and remained in the position until the 2000s (decade).

type	State corporation
foundation	(1900)‡R1R‡
location city	Saint Petersburg
location country	Russia
products	Submarines
num employees	2000 (1993)‡R2R‡
parent	United Shipbuilding Corporation
homepage	ckb-rubin.ru

Rubin Design Bureau

History

Early history

Pre-World War II

World War II

Cold War

Present day

Market economy

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