United Shipbuilding Corporation" was established on March 21, 2007.The Corporation is the largest shipbuilding company in Russia with over 80,000 employees. The holding includes about 40 design bureaus and specialized research centers, shipyards, ship repair and engineering enterprises, on the basis of which the bulk of the domestic shipbuilding complex is consolidated. The USC enterprises operate in all major port-transport hubs of the Federation - from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok, from Severodvinsk to Astrakhan.