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Project 941 Akula Class



Name Builders Laid down Launched Commissioned
TK12 S 27th April 1982 17th December 1983 27th December 1984
TK13 S 5th January 1984 21st February 1985 29th December 1985
TK17 S 24th February 1985 August 1986 6th November 1986
TK20 S 6th January 1987 July 1988 September 1989
TK202 S 1st October 1980 26th April 1982 28th December 1983
TK208 S 3rd March 1977 23rd September 1980 12th December 1981
TK210 S N/A N/A N/A


Builders:
S : Sevmashpredpriatie, Severodvinsk, Russia

Dimensions:
574' x 74' 8" x 37' 7" / 175.00m x 22.80m x 11.50m

Displacement:
24500 tons surfaced / 33800 tons dived

Complement:
50 + 100

Armament:
4 x 21" bow torpedo tubes
2 x 25.6" bow torpedo tubes

A maximum of 20 torpedoes can be carried. For the 21" tubes, 53-65K, SET-65 or SAET-60M models are carried, and 65-76 models for the 25.6" tubes. One RPK2 / SS-N-15 Starfish or one RPK7 / SS-N-16 Stallion can also be carried per torpedo space.

Twenty RSM-52 / SS-N-20 Sturgeon SLBM are carried in seperate launch tubes.

Powerplant:
Two OK-650 pressurized water reactors totaling 380MW are carried, along with two steam turbines producing a total of 100000shp and driving two shafts. Two DG-750 diesel generators are als fitted as are two creep motors producing a total of 520hp.

Maximum speed is 16kts surfaced and 27kts submerged.

Electronics Fit:
Radar:
Albatros / Snoop Pair surface search

Sonar:
MG-503 Skat

Other:
Nakat-M ESM
Simfonia satellite navigation
Tsunami satellite communications
Molniya radio

Miscellaneous:
Maximum diving depth is 1320'.