Manufacturer catalog

Sevmash

Sevmash is the Severodvinsk shipyard and production association that forms Russia's central nuclear-submarine construction base. The enterprise is part of United Shipbuilding Corporation, works from Arkhangelskoye Highway in Severodvinsk, and publicly describes state-defense orders, nuclear submarines, ship repair, modernization, and Arctic marine engineering as core activities.

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Sevmash traces its official production history to 21 December 1939, when Shipyard No. 402 laid down the battleship Sovetskaya Belorussiya. The plant later shifted from wartime surface-ship and repair work into diesel-electric and nuclear submarine construction, including Project 627, Project 667, Project 949/949A, Project 941, Project 971, Borei, Borei-A, Yasen, and Yasen-M boats.

The shipyard's own public materials describe Sevmash as one of Russia's largest shipbuilding complexes and state that, after the Soviet collapse, it effectively remained the only enterprise in Russia and the post-Soviet space performing the full construction and testing cycle for submarines with nuclear power plants. In addition to naval work, Sevmash lists offshore oil-and-gas platforms, technical industrial products, ship repair, modernization, disposal, and marine engineering among its activities.

Nuclear submarine constructionRussian Navy shipbuildingShip repair and modernizationNaval engineering and testingOffshore Arctic marine structuresIndustrial technical products

Notable Systems

Borei-class submarine, Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), Naval Systems

Borei / Borei-A class submarines

Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN)

Fourth-generation Russian ballistic-missile submarine families that Sevmash says are currently built at the Severodvinsk yard, with service support also assigned to the enterprise.

Sources: Sevmash main activities, Sevmash fourth-generation service, NTI Russia submarine capabilities
Yasen / Yasen-M, Nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine, Naval Systems

Yasen / Yasen-M class submarines

Nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine

Fourth-generation Russian nuclear cruise-missile and attack submarine families tied to Sevmash construction and service work in official and independent defense references.

Sources: Sevmash main activities, Sevmash fourth-generation service, RUSI Yasen-M assessment
Oscar II-class submarine, Nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine, Naval Systems

Project 949/949A Oscar II lineage

Nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine

Sevmash's history page lists Project 949 and 949A boats among third-generation nuclear submarines built at the yard, connecting the enterprise to the catalog's Oscar II record.

Sources: Sevmash history
Akula-class submarine, Nuclear-powered attack submarine, Naval Systems

Project 971 Akula lineage

Nuclear-powered attack submarine

The official history page identifies Project 971 as part of Sevmash's late Soviet and post-Soviet nuclear-submarine production record.

Sources: Sevmash history, NTI Russia submarine capabilities

Manufacturer History

  1. Production activity begins

    Sevmash's official history treats 21 December 1939, the laying of the first ship at Shipyard No. 402, as the start of the enterprise's production activity.

    Sources: Sevmash history

  2. First Soviet nuclear submarine laid down

    The yard laid down the first Project 627 torpedo nuclear submarine on 24 September 1955; three years later the boat entered trial operation with the Soviet Navy.

    Sources: Sevmash history

  3. Third-generation submarine era

    Sevmash records the first Project 949 nuclear submarine in 1980 and the lead Project 941 Typhoon-class missile submarine in 1981, after a major reconstruction doubled the plant's capacity.

    Sources: Sevmash history

  4. Converted to joint-stock company

    Sevmash's corporate history says the federal state unitary enterprise was reorganized into an open joint-stock company in 2008 under a Russian presidential decree and regional property order.

    Sources: Sevmash history, OFAC Sevmash sanctions record

  5. Fourth-generation service role

    Sevmash stated that it was servicing Borei and Yasen fourth-generation nuclear submarines and that Russian defense-ministry contract work made it the sole service contractor for modern submarines of those projects.

    Sources: Sevmash fourth-generation service

Predecessors
Shipyard No. 402Northern Machine-Building EnterpriseProduction Association Northern Machine-Building Enterprise

Sevmash is a Russian state shipyard tied to sanctioned defense-industrial activity, and public sources mix official Russian company material with independent defense reporting. This record uses official sources for identity, address, ownership, and production-line claims, with independent references for submarine-class context.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Sevmash main activitiesPublisher: AO PO Sevmash | Note: Supports Sevmash's ownership in United Shipbuilding Corporation, main business areas, nuclear-submarine totals, Borei-A and Yasen-M construction, and civil marine engineering. | Accessed: 2026-07-04
  • Sevmash historyPublisher: AO PO Sevmash | Note: Supports the 1939 production start, Shipyard No. 402 lineage, Project 627, Project 949/949A, Project 941, Project 971, Borei, Borei-A, Yasen, and Yasen-M production history, plus corporate renaming milestones. | Accessed: 2026-07-04
  • Sevmash contactsPublisher: AO PO Sevmash | Note: Supports the official company name and public Severodvinsk address at 58 Arkhangelskoye Highway. | Accessed: 2026-07-04
  • Sevmash fourth-generation servicePublisher: AO PO Sevmash | Note: Supports Sevmash's service role for fourth-generation Borei and Yasen nuclear submarines and states that the enterprise's specialists worked on those projects' construction. | Accessed: 2026-07-04
  • NTI Russia submarine capabilitiesPublisher: Nuclear Threat Initiative | Note: Supports broader Russian submarine industry context, Sevmash as a major United Shipbuilding Corporation unit, and independent background on Borei, Yasen, Oscar II, Akula, Delta III, and Delta IV classes. | Accessed: 2026-07-04
  • RUSI Yasen-M assessmentPublisher: Royal United Services Institute | Note: Supports independent Yasen-M background, including Kazan, Severodvinsk, construction-time context, and the class's long-range strike role. | Accessed: 2026-07-04
  • OFAC Sevmash sanctions recordPublisher: U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control | Note: Supports the legal entity name, aliases, United Shipbuilding Corporation linkage, 2008 organization date, and Severodvinsk address in a regulator record. | Accessed: 2026-07-04

Produced weapons

Category

Naval Systems

Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.

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Delta III-class submarine, Ballistic missile submarine, Naval Systems2015 Various ConflictsDelta III-class submarineBallistic missile submarineBuilt in: Soviet UnionThe Delta III-class submarine is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet Project 667BDR Kalmar, a Sevmash-built nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine designed around the D-9R launch system and 16 R-29R / SS-N-18 submarine-launched ballistic missiles. The class introduced a MIRV-capable Soviet SSBN design, remained visible in Russian Pacific Fleet strategic exercises into the 2010s, and ended regular SSBN service when K-44 Ryazan was withdrawn after the other Project 667BDR boats had already left service.
Delta IV-class submarine, Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine class, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarDelta IV-class submarineNuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine classBuilt in: Soviet Union / RussiaThe Delta IV-class submarine is the Soviet Project 667BDRM Delfin nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine, built by Sevmash for the Northern Fleet and retained by Russia as an aging but still visible sea-based nuclear deterrent. The class carries a D-9RM missile system with 16 R-29RM-family SLBMs, four 533 mm torpedo tubes, and modernized Sineva/Layner-era missiles; public sources distinguish the seven boats built from smaller operational counts as individual hulls cycle through overhaul or replacement by Borei-class SSBNs.
Oscar II-class submarine, Nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine, Naval Systems2011 Syrian Civil WarOscar II-class submarineNuclear-powered cruise missile submarineBuilt in: RussiaThe Oscar II-class submarine is NATO's reporting name for Project 949A Antey, the improved Soviet/Russian third-generation nuclear-powered cruise-missile submarine designed by Rubin and built by Sevmash. The class was built around a carrier-strike mission with 24 P-700 Granit anti-ship missiles in side launchers, a large double-hull SSGN design, long endurance, and improved crew habitability; later Project 949AM modernization reporting centers on replacing the Granit fit with newer cruise missiles.
Losharik submarine, Nuclear-powered deep-water special-purpose submarine, Naval Systems2015 Various ConflictsLosharik submarineNuclear-powered deep-water special-purpose submarineBuilt in: RussiaLosharik is Russia's one-off Project 10831 / AS-31 nuclear-powered deep-water station built for GUGI special seabed missions rather than conventional attack-submarine combat. Open sources describe a Sevmash-built, Malakhit-designed boat with titanium spherical pressure compartments, host-submarine support, sonar and manipulator-style mission equipment, and a long repair cycle after the fatal July 2019 battery-compartment fire.
K-329 Belgorod submarine, Special-purpose nuclear-powered submarine, Naval SystemsK-329 Belgorod submarineSpecial-purpose nuclear-powered submarineBuilt in: RussiaK-329 Belgorod is a Russian Project 09852 special-purpose nuclear-powered submarine rebuilt from an unfinished Project 949A Oscar II / Antey hull. Public sources connect it to Poseidon underwater strike-vehicle carriage, GUGI-style deep-sea payload work, research and rescue missions, and possible carriage of smaller deep-diving submarines, but this record remains relationship-only because no cited source documents combat use by Belgorod in a named conflict.
Sarov-class submarine, Special-purpose submarine, Naval Systems2015 Various ConflictsSarov-class submarineSpecial-purpose submarineBuilt in: RussiaThe Sarov-class submarine is Russia's one-off B-90 / Project 20120 special-purpose submarine, a hybrid diesel-electric and nuclear test boat begun at Krasnoye Sormovo and completed by Sevmash under Rubin design authority. Open sources place it with the Northern Fleet as a secretive trials platform for reactor technology, unusual payload arrangements, and Poseidon-related undersea weapon work rather than as a standard attack submarine.