Docking Postponed for Salvaged Submarine

Putting the gutted carcass of the Kursk submarine into dock was postponed until next week to ensure that the complex effort doesn’t disturb the vessel’s nuclear reactors, the Russian navy said.

Northern Fleet spokesman Capt. Vladimir M. Navrotsky said the decision to put off the docking was made upon the request of Dutch engineers coordinating the effort.

More than a year after the Kursk sank and its 118-man crew was killed, the wrecked submarine was raised from the Barents Sea floor earlier this week. Clamped beneath the barge that lifted it on 26 steel cables, the Kursk arrived in the waters of Roslyakovo on Wednesday.