Bellona Report nr. 2:96. Written by: Thomas Nilsen, Igor Kudrik and Alexandr Nikitin.
Project 659, 659 T Echo-I Class
|
Northern Fleet |
Pacific Fleet |
Total |
| In service |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Inactive |
0 |
5 |
5 |
| Dismantled |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Number |
|
|
5 |
Technical Data
| Length: |
111.2 m |
Displacement: |
3.731/4.920 tons |
| Beam: |
9.2 m |
Maximum Depth: |
300 m |
| Draught: |
7.6 m |
Hull: |
Low magnetic steel |
| Speed: |
29 knots |
Crew: |
120 |
Compartments: 9
Reactor
Two pressurised water reactors, Model VM-A with a maximum power of 30 000 hp
Naval Architects:
P.P. Pustinsev and N.A. Klimov.
Construction Yard
Komsomolsk-na-Amur.
Individual submarines
Pacific Fleet:
- K-45.
- Laid down on December 28, 1957; vessel was launched on May 12, 1959 and
commissioned by the Navy on September 18, 1960. In 1961 it was transferred as
the first nuclear powered submarine of the Pacific Fleet under the command of
Captain V.G. Delashev.[200]
- K-59.
- Commissioned on December 10, 1961.
- K-66.
- Commissioned on December 10, 1961. The submarine was taken out of service
following an accident in 1980.
- K-122.
- Commissioned on April 13, 1962. Inoperational following a fire on August
21, 1983.
- K-259.
- Commissioned in December 1962.
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Endnotes
[200] Krasnaya Zvezda,
January 28, 1995. Return
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