This looks like a well organised and responsible decommissioning process, in which no hazardous chemicals or radioactive substances were released into the environment.
@PitchlockPete
10 жыл бұрын
As a P-3 Orion Flight Engineer who spent 15,000+- hours flying over the Soviet Submarine fleet in all the worlds oceans. even though they were our nemesis, our enemy it is still sad to se an old war horse like those die such an ignominious death. I salute the men who rodethem to sea.
@trob1173
4 жыл бұрын
When I was in the Navy, that Akula class sub was something to be feared. Seeing one rotting away like that doesn't seem like a fitting end.
@gorflunk
12 жыл бұрын
Having lived and served during the cold war (US Navy) I can't help but smile and even chuckle out loud when I see these pictures.
@shane8109
12 жыл бұрын
Great music and photos!
@captaintrizer
11 жыл бұрын
It always fills me with sadness seeing once great vessels that made people tremour with fear dying and dead. Tragic fate for such majestic ladies. RIP
@mlembrant
9 жыл бұрын
awww... they all look so cute... I want to cuddle them
@myfeeling4you
9 жыл бұрын
Very sad, pride to sail aboard them and sadness to see them rot, good or bad it's the human spirit which is all that remains with memories
@ExoAndrew
8 жыл бұрын
Hah, i can recognise some of wrecks :D I lived near in childhood. Most of these photos made on the Kola peninsula, not far from Gadzhiyevo city , the bay "Nezametnaya". This place is in border zone, so its really hard to visit it.
@judypaxman261
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Andrew, I am doing some research into this area and the naval shipwrecks. If you were interested it would be really useful if I could ask you a few questions, please feel free to send me a private message. Thanks, Judy
@SOMAxxTHExxBAND
12 жыл бұрын
well 3/6 typhoons were scrapped, 1 or 2 are active and 1 is being referbished to reenter service. So it's very possible that it was a typhoon tower. But I doubt that there are reactors on them. When USSR collapsed US payed us a bunch of money to properly dispose of that kind of stuff. Plus in Russia, when a part doesn't fit we don't throw it away. :)
@lpuig73
11 жыл бұрын
True. They had the largest submarine fleet of its day.
@DanialANoah
11 жыл бұрын
Find the lead suit in that junkyard first. This is art, Industrial Decay.
@michaelscott9423
11 жыл бұрын
U-505 is still on exhibit in Chicago. She's the only Type-IX U-boat left.
@freeagent8225
Жыл бұрын
Would love to visit , such potential for tours, beats visiting churches.
@bevriffe9098
9 жыл бұрын
They come a day when people will want to look back at these and they all will be gone. This is not just Russian history its ours as well.its like ww11 planes there are very few of them left and they are worth a ton of money and all this stuff will be looked at the same way.
@AndrewTGreen
11 жыл бұрын
Brave men sailed in those...that's for sure.
@Dorkus89Malorkus
12 жыл бұрын
This isn't actually that bad. Provided that there are no chemicals in the subs, rusting iron is actually a good environment for marine life.
@23takemeaway
12 жыл бұрын
Great vid. only I think all that metal should be re-cycled. to be used for better things rather than just slowly crumble away.
@dwynnell
11 жыл бұрын
There is a confusion of Akula class submarine. The NATO designation for Akula is actually the Russian designation for the Shchuka (Pike) class. The Akula (Shark) is designated by NATO as Typhoon. I'd say this was neither of these boats. Maybe as someone suggested Lira class.
@cumminsfan
12 жыл бұрын
the sleek one at 1:26 is an Akula class nuclear attack sub (SSN). I believe its similar to an early American Los Angeles class.
@LSnoob
12 жыл бұрын
they need to put them in a museum
@FEAR_Actual
12 жыл бұрын
The good thing thou is that they are being dismantled and recycled so it isn't so bad.
@Atlas_Amadeus
12 жыл бұрын
Those Subs can be recycled into metal in order to make another tank or a better submarine or something. Unless rusted metal is useless...
@53bigmikejones
12 жыл бұрын
The Discovery chanel did a great job on the Russian decommissioning of their nuke boats. Most of these are the old diesels but even the two nukes I saw, had their reactors cut out and all you have is scrap. Dont know about batteries or any other stuff that might be toxic left in them, just say that is a lot of metal they need to smelt down and recycle into something better
@Elzweiler
12 жыл бұрын
A once proud fleet rusting away in the arctic. I may be a little off center here, but sometimes it seems to me that the world was, in a sense, a safer place while the USSR existed. The Muslims were firmly under the Russian military heel. Yes, we lived under Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD), but both sides adhered to a set of rules of rules at sea, in the air, on land, and yes, even in the Intelligence game, in which I played a small part. Probably just nostalgia on my part.
@sindylove87
12 жыл бұрын
At 2:24 "WTF Gilligan!,thats the last time i let you dock"
@BeerMoneyLive
12 жыл бұрын
cant beleive they left them sitting out there to rot. there absolutely MUST have been someone who at least woulda bought one, or a museum... i mean i grew up reading 20,000 Leagues and this just depresses me.... I wish I could have one and go Capt. Nemo on the world hahaha
@FEAR_Actual
12 жыл бұрын
@ dorkus, most of these subs are Nuclear, which means that they are radioactive, which constantly affects wildlife and plants and people!
@ShaneM-id2ml
11 жыл бұрын
cool music
@ringleader61
9 жыл бұрын
the only issue with them rotting is that many of them still have their nuclear reactors intact and some nuclear full inside them. as they rot away, that marital is going to leak into the water and possibly even explode.
@CROATIANNAZIFORCE
12 жыл бұрын
amazing video dude !
@TheRAFlemingsMr
2 жыл бұрын
All I can hear are my mother's words ringing in my ears, "clean up your mess".
@Rupe51
11 жыл бұрын
Sad - especially because these are only the tip of the iceberg. We've been abandoning ships all over the globe. Our earth. Our trash bin. Music was awesome. Details?
@39KHall
10 жыл бұрын
Bit of a surprise to see an Alfa in there with the rest...maybe titanium is hard to recycle.
@c0c0asauce
12 жыл бұрын
Man...some of those subs like 1:25 if that weren't leaking deadly deadly radiation/chemicals, it would be so sick to bury it half way in the ground, strip the inside, and turn it into a badass house!!! Only because I know you could never bring these works of industrial art back to a seaworthy state.
@elroy4455
12 жыл бұрын
I love those Russian subs with windows in them
@LVWKMP
12 жыл бұрын
The music is lovely
@KrK007
11 жыл бұрын
Seems like a waste. Scrap them or if if you had to, scuttle them in deep water. I guess it was a case of mothballing where there were simply no funds to maintain them at all and the corrosion and tidal action eventually allowed water to flood them and they sank in place. It's hard to believe that the reactors would still be on board. That would create an easy target for nuclear smuggling.
@calummackay8330
12 жыл бұрын
Most of them, the Russians loved nuke power, they even had nuclear surface vessels. This has created a huge problem for the country now as these old tubs are passed their sell by dates and they simply can't afford to dispose of them properly. Some still have nuclear waste on board, and odd times the fuel has gone 'missing'. The collapse of the Soviet Union was not all together a great thing.
@Wanderer359
12 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a poignant video. I have always liked submarines, especially Soviet ones. It is sad to see machines built with the sacrifices of a nation discarded like junk.
@Alex462047
12 жыл бұрын
The saddest place for me is just around the corner from Gadzheivo, near Murmansk. You have a couple of photos of their "scrapyard" here. Very simply, most of the subs were left at the pier and many have simply sunk on their mooring lines. Too many of those subs are newer Victors and a couple of other types I don't recognise, but newer. It seems a waste of good technology.
@AvengerII
11 жыл бұрын
Yeesh... This is like a hellish version of the old "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" submarine ride at one of the Disney parks. Colin, I wouldn't doubt there's radioactive material or at least "mild" radioactive contamination in some of those wrecks. Barring incidents in Russia, Three Mile Island, and OUR two nuke sub wrecks, the Russian military ecological disaster is worse than about anything our govt has ever acknowledged -- on the books, that is...
@LincTexPilot
12 жыл бұрын
Fascinating!!!
@DuVey64
11 жыл бұрын
All they need to do is go by True Value or Home Depot , these subs would be back in service ..2 weeks tops !
@daveeyes
12 жыл бұрын
I hate to ask a legitimate question in the middle of people throwing pies at each other, however: Where was this filmed? Is this at Polyarny?
@jasonharding96
9 жыл бұрын
They look scary to go back in even with scuba gear
@victorhuincho
12 жыл бұрын
i also see some small warboats and maybe even a ww2 era destroyer, i wish these were for sale. :(
@josecarlos1955
12 жыл бұрын
Amazing how a country/govt does not care what it does to the environment; not just the nuclear reactors (there is no way to tell if they have been removed, and have the cores been dumped in the ocean?) but the asbestos, toxic metals, oils, etc?
@GAM3FR34K1977
12 жыл бұрын
I for one would look in one maybe you would find a nuke warhead :P > : D
@BoostedVtec
12 жыл бұрын
The picture at 2:07 is a place i would love to explore
@LupusAries
12 жыл бұрын
not just the russians! But you are right in a way, they do seem nuclear crazy. But for the messing up..............well, Harrisburg/Three Mile Island? Fukushima? Definately not in russia. We westerners should keep our own doorsteps clean, not just pointing at the dirt on the eastern doorsteps.
@Cartras
12 жыл бұрын
@Craftsteen117 Looks like a Romeo. Very distinct bulbous sonar dome. Looks like a plain jane romeo without any modifications unlike the one in wiki pic which is a modified one. Can't say it is for certain though.
@themnrnr
9 жыл бұрын
love to buy 1 that would still work ... without weapons of course lol
@jameshaury2716
10 жыл бұрын
surprised it is not scrapped out. but these were probably nukes.
@fixedgearforlife
12 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I've never even been to California and don't plan on going there. Just take a road trip and you'll see what I mean. Open your eyes and ears.
@generationll
12 жыл бұрын
Is this in Murmansk>The sub @ 1:25 looks like a Delta Class.Is the sub @ 3:14 a Akula class?
@pepecohetes492
11 жыл бұрын
Looks like some Kilo , Alpha and Akula subs so it must be Soviet/Russian shipyards.
@stasone34
11 жыл бұрын
2-26 минута проэкт 206 Тарантул ПСКР знаком до боли
@LargeRthenMosT
12 жыл бұрын
at 1:50 im pretty sure thats a typhoon class tower sticking out of the water? and i saw an akula class amongst others. i mean, it dosent look like they are keeping tabs on the reactors much these days. how is that in any way good? just saying
@sleestalk
12 жыл бұрын
2:27 Wow Russians cant parallel park to save their lives!!
@rinalin
11 жыл бұрын
its sad really jut sad R.I.P rust in peace what was once a proud beautiful machine has now gone to nothing more then rusty scrap iron at least let them waste away with what little dignity they have left
@colinquinn1394
11 жыл бұрын
Now I understand why we were not allowed to film anything with cameras whilst travelling up to Murmansk and Archangel ports whilst in the Merchant Navy in the early seventies. Had the US seen the state of the "submarine" fleet I am sure the "Cold War" would have ended sooner. Very surprised to see how many variants of Russians submarines there are from little coastal boats to the odd Kilo nuclear class. Fair bit of scrap there although goodness knows how contaminated they all are.
@naemnikn
11 жыл бұрын
You're right, it is very sad ...
@RoosterG33rs
12 жыл бұрын
thousand of $ worth of scrap. the history priceless
@ajdereicup1
12 жыл бұрын
No offense but it seems like Russia loves to play with radioactive things and mess up
@NetCerpher
11 жыл бұрын
These images do not seem too old. Where were they taken?
@baronvonegas
12 жыл бұрын
What a mess! We humans really don't deserve this place we receive. Who, when, with what money will clean this shit?
@goldwingman1500
9 жыл бұрын
Ashes to Ashes ,Rust to Rust
@MrSnappie
8 жыл бұрын
This shows just a raindrop of the evil of mankind.
@SuperTelecom
12 жыл бұрын
@secretcrowds17 Looks like Murmansk. Im pretty sure there is something like this a few km north of the big naval base there.
@NazarovVv
12 жыл бұрын
Epic spelling and grammar mate, well done!
@WALTERBROADDUS
12 жыл бұрын
Why don't they properly scrap theses Subs? Those conditions are horrid?
@FederationHero
12 жыл бұрын
I would like you to point out the part with the american nuclear subs in it please.
@SergikTramp
12 жыл бұрын
1:30-1:55 Submarine in Murmansk, 92 base and dockyard SEVMORPUT
@kosolano
12 жыл бұрын
во блин разнились!!! все это металлолом, это ж машины смерти!!! скок о труда! лучшиб весь этот ум на строительство домов или в науку(((
@theflodgeable
11 жыл бұрын
imagine all them nail clippers.
@ThePurvey
12 жыл бұрын
90% of those subs are diesel-electric powered and only carried 3 nuclear missiles
@FrancesTexas
13 жыл бұрын
@EliteDutchGaming yes. most of subs are nuclear. so it's mean that those are relatively old
@jayskinner4828
8 жыл бұрын
Did a check on Google Earth around Southern Ukraine. found at 4 subs, 2 were around 240 Feet. One sitting in Dry-dock.
@Cyberwwwizard
12 жыл бұрын
What about the massive base at Polyarny?
@Doughillman
12 жыл бұрын
@mschiffel1 Where do you propose they get the money to pay for the clean up?
@katinkontti56
12 жыл бұрын
Art of Old Iron...
@ALegitimateYoutuber
12 жыл бұрын
Well I'm off to find and steal a rusty submarine. because hell if it works and "floats" why not, plus someone would have to try pretty hard to top that, unless someone stole a battleship once.
@PritchardCraftFTW
11 жыл бұрын
I think Bruce lives in one of those...
@johnbobson248
11 жыл бұрын
They should be used for scrap metal. Instead of just sitting there.
@alexander1485
11 жыл бұрын
kind of weird to see them on their sides.
@dogstar7
12 жыл бұрын
@ClearEvilCZ thnx
@Skyisnotalimit
12 жыл бұрын
How did it get like this? At least get them up on land and not let them destroy our water....
@scruffysod
10 жыл бұрын
scary to think most of these still have leaky reactors still in them ....
@dannz2603
8 жыл бұрын
Can anyone tell me what kind of submarine that is at 0:23? It looks awesome and such a waste to see it rusting away like that. Where is it located, I'd love to know. P.S. And I would give it a good home if it was for sale, seriously.
@dannz2603
8 жыл бұрын
+A guy who Likes tanks Thanks for the info, you have to admit that it looks seriously cool.
@dannz2603
8 жыл бұрын
+A guy who Likes tanks At 1:25 looks in good shape and is more traditional in design, but I still like the other one better.
@SR71ABCD
11 жыл бұрын
2:40 Akula class attack sub
@derekwall200
8 жыл бұрын
I think the only things of any value in the graveyard is the steel from their hulls
@robertleckie9697
8 жыл бұрын
I don't think so because the steel is rusted to shit
@Shak333k
12 жыл бұрын
could have been sold to museums, rich people who have everything except a russian sub... or for scrap metal.
@jeremybear14
12 жыл бұрын
@charliemaxville not at all ronald regan made great efforts toward smaller privatly owned bussinesses
@alexmancevski4086
12 жыл бұрын
@Topskinnydipper i would totally do that for a vacation. i could look for hours
@1boatsailor
12 жыл бұрын
YUK! I sure hope America gets thier act together on this economy or we will be next!
@getin3949
9 жыл бұрын
You built it, now please clean it up. We wonder why we have pollution problems DOH!
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