Leninska Kuznya Shipyard

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Ukraine Shipyards
There are actually three shipyards located in Mykolaiv: Black Sea Shipyard, Okean Shipyard, and 61 Communards.

The Leninska Kuznya Shipyard ( _uk. Завод "Ленінська кузня", _ru. Завод "Ленинская кузница", "Leninskaya kuznitsa") is the major shipbuilding facility in Kiev, capital of Ukraine. The shipyard specializes in shipbuilding, ship machines building, and propeller production.Bart Finzel and Jelena Kmezic, "Privatization of Ukrainian Shipyards" (2002), Catholic University of Brussels, 11th Conference of the International Association for the Economics of Participation (IAFEP)]

In the field of shipbuilding, the plant specializes in building medium fishing vessels and industrial ships and vessels of technical fleet, self-propelled and non-self propelled barges. Machine building includes steam and hot-water automated boiler units, plate freezing apparatuses, and incinerators. Propeller production includes controllable pitch propeller (CPP), blades, and lines of shafting.

History

It was founded in 1862 by production engineer Mr.Donat Fyodor Grigorievich as a Joint Stock Company. It was mainly a mechanical plant and made different metal structures. For a short period of time (1889-1924) plant was named "Kiev Machine-Building Plant" and in 1924 it was renamed to "Leninska Kuznya". In 1928 by the Decree of Supreme Soviet Union "Leninska Kuznya" was made into a shipyard. In 1995 company completed a change in ownership and open-type joint Stock Company was set up named "Leninska Kuznya Plant". The machine building sector still constitutes a high percentage in general scope of production.

Notable Vessels

See also

* List of ships of Russia by project number
* List of Soviet and Russian submarine classes

References

External links

* [http://www.lk.kiev.ua/news/?lang=en Leninska Kuznya Shipyard Public Website]