American diving specialists participating in the international exercises "Sea Breeze - 2021" will help Ukrainian sailors raise the Burevestnyk boat. It has been lying at the bottom of the practical harbor of Odessa port since January 2016 and interferes with mooring. About this reported edition "Dumskaya"
Next to the pier, near which the boat is lying on the bottom, the Americans have already equipped the base with the necessary equipment for the operation.
According to the head of the search and rescue service of the Naval Forces of Ukraine, captain 1st rank Alexey Nesterov, a preliminary inspection showed that the boat's wooden hull is in very poor condition. Even if the ego can be raised entirely, it is unlikely to be restored.
American experts plan to use special pontoons to lift the boat.
Preparatory work will take about two more weeks, and the entire operation should be completed by August 1.
In the 1960s, four communication boats were built at the Leningrad shipyard for the USSR Navy. Soon two of them: PSKR-50 "Strela" and PSKR-51 "Burevestnyk" were converted into yachts for recreation of the country's leaders. "Strela" was based in Yalta, and "Burevestnyk" was part of the Potiy Border Guard. He wintered at the base of Ochamchir, and in the summer moved closer to the government dachas - in Sukhumi.
Brezhnev and other first heads of the USSR went on sea trips on the "Burevestnik" when they visited the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus on official business or on vacation.
