Ships are like people: everyone has their own destiny. Different stars point the way for everyone. And, in my opinion, the clarity of their "wake trail" does not always depend only on the skill of shipbuilders, the professional training of crews, because there is something else in the fate of ships and providence, predestination. Consider the fate of the K-19 nuclear submarine, the North Sea Hiroshima. That's really over whose wheelhouse hung an evil fate. And, unfortunately, this is not the only example in the history of domestic sub-swimming. But today I want to tell you about the fate of a unique nuclear-powered ship, an underwater ship, you can even say, the chosen one from above. Too many extraordinary tasks fell to the share of this submarine of the Northern Fleet. And in every golden line inscribed by the nuclear-powered ship in the history of the Navy, not only the glory and valor of the polar submarine, but also the prestige of the Russian State, the fortress and sanctity of the Orthodox spirit were reflected, like a sunbeam in the lenses of the commander's periscope. Therefore, the submarine found a worthy distinction - it bears the name of the Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow. Mooring to the earth's axis ...A lone seal stared in surprise at the sagebrush filling with noise in the middle of endless ice fields from behind the hummocks. His surprise turned to discontent when the back of an unknown giant began to crawl out of the abyss with a squeal and spray. The nuclear-powered ship floated up noisily, with the high-pressure air whistling shrilly as it drove cold water from the main ballast tanks. Zhivotina did not expect guests and therefore decided to retire... On the signal bridge of the nuclear-powered ship, behind the hemisphere of its glass visor, three people: senior on board Vice Admiral Anatoly Shevchenko, commander of the submarine division Rear Admiral Mikhail Kuznetsov and commander of the nuclear submarine Captain 1st Rank Sergey Kuzmin. Here it is ... Читать далее