Soviet submarine K-171
Appearance
History | |
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Soviet Union --> Russia | |
Name | K-171 |
Builder | Sevmash, Severodvinsk |
Launched | 1976 |
Commissioned | 1976 |
Decommissioned | 2003 |
Fate | Broken up |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Delta-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 139 m (456 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 12 m (39 ft 4 in) |
Draft | 9 m (29 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion | |
Speed |
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Endurance | 80 days |
Test depth |
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Complement | 120 officers and men |
Armament |
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Service record | |
Part of: | Soviet Pacific Fleet |
K-171 was a Project 667B Murena (Delta I by NATO) nuclear ballistic missile submarine of the Soviet Navy. The submarine was launched and commissioned in 1976.[1] The submarine transferred from the Soviet Northern Fleet later that year to the Pacific.[2]
Reactor incident
[edit]On December 28, 1978, while in the Pacific Ocean, K-171 had a reactor failure. Radiation exposure resulted in the deaths of three crew members on board.[3]
Retirement
[edit]Like most Soviet Delta I and Delta II-class submarines that were in service after the Cold War, the submarine was scrapped to comply with new treaties. It was decommissioned from the Russian Navy in 2003.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "667B DELTA I Federation of American Scientists".
- ^ "Project 667 B (Murena) - Delta-I Class". spb.org.ru. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
- ^ "K-171 submarine reactor accident, 1978". www.johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
- ^ "Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines - Project 667B". russianships.info. Retrieved 2019-11-27.