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K-19 nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines (project 658) (1960 - 1962)


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Project 658M 1978

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
К-19 [K-19], 7.1979- КС-19 [KS-19]   901 Northern Wks, Severodvinsk 17.10.1958 11.10.1959 12.11.1960 stricken 4.1990
К-33 [K-33], 7.1977- К-54 [K-54]   902 Northern Wks, Severodvinsk 9.2.1959 6.8.1960 24.12.1960 stricken 9.1987
К-55 [K-55]   903 Northern Wks, Severodvinsk 5.8.1959 18.9.1960 27.12.1960 stricken 3.1989
К-40 [K-40]   904 Northern Wks, Severodvinsk 6.12.1959 18.6.1961 27.12.1961 stricken 10.1986
К-16 [K-16]   905 Northern Wks, Severodvinsk 5.5.1960 31.7.1961 28.12.1961 stricken 3.1989
К-145 [K-145]   906 Northern Wks, Severodvinsk 21.1.1961 30.5.1962 28.10.1962 stricken 3.1989
К-149 [K-149], 1969- К-149 Украинский комсомолец [K-149 Ukrainskiy Komsomolets], 3.1990- КС-149 Украинский комсомолец [KS-149 Ukrainskiy Komsomolets], 6.1992- БС-149 [BS-149]   907 Northern Wks, Severodvinsk 12.4.1961 20.7.1962 27.10.1962 stricken 11.1995
К-178 [K-178]   908 Northern Wks, Severodvinsk 11.9.1961 23.9.1962 8.12.1962 stricken 4.1990


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

 
Displacement normal, t

4080 / 5345
Length, m

114.1
Breadth, m

9.20
Draught, m

7.68
No of shafts

2
Machinery

2 VM-A nuclear reactors, 2 GTZA-601 geared steam turbines units
Power, h. p.

35000
Max speed, kts

18 / 26
Fuel, t

nuclear
Endurance, nm(kts)

practically unlimited
Armament

3 R-13 SLBM (3 4K50), 4 - 533 TT (bow, 4), 4 - 400 TT (2 bow, 2 stern, 12)
Electronic equipment

RLK-101 Albatros radar, MG-200 Arktika or Arktika-M, MG-10 Kola sonars, Nakat ECM suite
Complement

104
Diving depth operational, m

240


Standard scale images


<i>K-178 </i>1990
K-178 1990
<i>K-19 </i>1960
K-19 1960
<i>K-19 </i>1965
K-19 1965
<i>K-19 </i>1979
K-19 1979
<i>K-145 </i>1976
K-145 1976


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Project 658M 1978
Project 658M 1978


Project history

This design was a ballistic-missile equivalent of Project 627; note that the hull-numbers of the two classes are interleaved. Like the contemporary Project 629, this class was modified to fire R-21 (Project 658M). Unlike Project 629, this type had the new 40cm anti-escort defensive torpedo (MGT).

Modernizations

1963, K-19; 1964, K-33; 1966, K-149; 1968, K-40, K-55, K-178; 1971, K-16 - under Project 658M: - 3 R-13 SLBM; + 3 R-21 SLBM (3 4K55), Plutoniy sonar; 4030/5000t, 7.30m draught, compl. 128

1976, K-145 - under Project 701: was lengthened, 4971/6400t, 129.8x9.20x8.20m, 15/23.3kts, compl. 123; armament consisted of 6 R-29 SLBM (6 4K75), 4 - 533 TT (bow, 4), 4 - 400 TT (2 bow, 2 stern, 8), sensors were RLK-101 Albatros radar, MG-200 Arktika-M, Plutoniy sonars, Nakat ECM suite, Alfa-701 CCS

late 1970s, all 658M: - 3 R-21 SLBM; + 3 R-21M SLBM

1979, K-19 - under Project 658S: - 3 R-21M SLBM

1983, K-55; 1984, K-178 - under Project 658U: - 3 R-21M SLBM

1985, K-16: - 3 R-21M SLBM; + wake detector

Naval service

K-19, the lead ship, had a particularly unfortunate reputation in the Soviet Navy; she was nicknamed 'Hiroshima'. On 4 July 1961 she lost pressure in her primary coolant loop, causing ten radiation deaths, she had to be towed back to base. She collided with USN submarine Gato 15 November 1969 at the entrance to the White Sea. In another accident, 24 February 1972, twenty-nine men died.