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61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant was a major shipyard in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, with origins in the 1788 Nikolayev Admiralty and a Soviet-era identity tied to large naval combatant construction. Public defense references identify the yard as the producer of Project 1134B Kara-class anti-submarine cruisers and Project 1164 Atlant / Slava-class guided-missile cruisers, while post-Soviet sources describe a state-owned Ukrainian shipyard with civil shipbuilding, repair, and defense-maintenance work.
2 weaponsThe plant occupied a long-running naval-industrial site on the Ingul River in Mykolaiv. FAS, drawing on the shipyard's public material, says the yard was established in 1788, renamed after the 61 Communards in 1931, and later operated with hundreds of industrial buildings, outfitting quays, and berths able to handle hulls up to 28,000 tonnes.
During the Soviet period the yard became especially relevant to large surface combatants. GlobalSecurity's Project 1134B data lists Shipyard 445 at Nikolayev as the builder for the Kara class, and its Project 1164 data identifies the 61 Kommuna #445 yard at Nikolayev as the builder for the Slava class. Later reporting on the renamed Mykolaiv Shipyard describes the facility as part of the Ukroboronprom state concern, with work affected by debt and uneven production after independence.
GlobalSecurity identifies the Project 1164 builder as the 61 Kommuna #445 yard at Nikolayev, and the existing catalog record covers the Slava-class cruisers as Soviet surface-strike and area-air-defense ships.
Sources: Project 1164 Specifications - GlobalSecurity.org
GlobalSecurity's Project 1134B specifications list Shipyard 445 at Nikolayev as the builder, and its class listing places the seven Kara-class ships in the same Nikolayev shipyard line.
Sources: Project 1134B Specifications - GlobalSecurity.org, Project 1134B Ship List - GlobalSecurity.orgFAS traces the shipyard's origin to 1788 in Nikolayev, before the city's own formal development, as an Admiralty Works site connected to Black Sea naval construction.
Sources: 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant - FAS
FAS says the shipyard took the 61 Communards name in 1931 and thereafter built destroyers, submarines, naval supply vessels, and specialized rescue vessels for Soviet naval needs.
Sources: 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant - FAS
GlobalSecurity's Project 1134B ship list records seven Kara-class ships laid down from 1968 through 1975 and commissioned through 1979, each tied to Shipyard 445.
Sources: Project 1134B Ship List - GlobalSecurity.org
GlobalSecurity says the first Project 1164 cruiser, Slava, was laid down at the Nikolayev shipyard named after the 61 Communards on November 4, 1976.
Sources: Project 1164 Atlant - GlobalSecurity.org
Jamestown reported that Ukroboronprom announced suspension of work at the Mykolaiv Shipyard in late 2017 because of accumulated debts, illustrating the plant's difficult post-Soviet operating environment.
Sources: Jamestown Mykolaiv Shipyard Debt Report
Army Recognition reported that Mykolaiv Shipyard, part of Ukroboronprom, completed dock repairs on the Ukrainian Navy missile boat Pryluky and minesweeper Henichesk in 2021.
Sources: Ukrainian Mykolayiv Shipyard completes repair of two warships
English-language sources use several names for the same Mykolaiv production site, including 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant, Shipyard named after 61 Communards, 61 Kommuna yard, Shipyard 445, and Mykolaiv Shipyard. The 61 Kommunara label identifies the Soviet-era manufacturer identity attached to the source-backed naval systems listed here.
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Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.