It was the autumn of 1945. The Second World War had just ended, but a new threat to the USSR's security had emerged: the emergence of nuclear weapons in the hands of its former ally. This fact prompted the government to take measures to establish a significant number of defense facilities in the eastern part of the country. The Khabarovsk Shipyard, which was built on the right bank of the Amur Canal, eight kilometers from Khabarovsk, was also established by a government decision No. 2988-883ss of November 27, 1945. Since then, the Amur River has carried a lot of water to the ocean, and Khabarovsk has grown so much that the plant has long since become part of the city, but the plant's veterans still remember how they used to go to the construction site as boys, where they would watch movies with the Japanese prisoners of war who were building the first buildings. The construction site was surrounded by barbed wire and had watchtowers, but even back then, they could see the grandeur of the future plant, and the boys dreamed of becoming shipbuilders... The plant began production activities in 1952 with the assembly of non-self-propelled barges. On June 29, 1953, the first stage of the hull shops was handed over, and the first dry cargo barge was launched. This date is celebrated as the plant's birthday. In accordance with the project assignment, the plant, then called p/ya 151, was to specialize as a shipyard in the serial construction of anti-submarine defense ships ("hunters") and sea minesweepers. But before the company started to produce its main products, more than one year passed. To begin with, the factory workers mastered the production of medium-sized fishing trawlers, pontoons, dredges and even the assembly of the first " Rockets&"On hydrofoils. It wasn't until 1962 that the factory's production facilities were reoriented towards building ships for the Navy. In 1963, the lead minesweeper was delivered. It was built from special low-magnetic steel. Aft ... Читать далее