Development of the ship repair in the Far East of the USSR in the period from 1965 to 1985

Abstract

The article is dedicated to specialities of the ship repair development in the Far East. Main difficulties and contradictions in progress of this national economy branch belonging to the region are revealed. The gradual growth of discontinuity between the needs of the fleet overhaul, especially of the fish trade, and the existing ship overhaul capacities, is shown. Main state measures, directed at the overcome of departmental disunity and coordination of the ship overhaul plant development of different departments as a single branch are given. The author comes to a conclusion, that by the middle of 1980th, first steps to develop the ship overhaul as a single branch were undertaken, however the interests of single departments were not overcome, the unified system of branch science was not created. Nevertheless, the branch fulfilled its primary role: overhaul of the major part of civilian and military fleet of the Far-Eastern basin.