Russian submarine Chelyabinsk (K-442)

History

Soviet Union, Russia
Name:	K-442 Chelyabinsk
Namesake:	Named after the Russian city Chelyabinsk
Yard number:	638^[1]
Laid down:	20 February 1989^[1]
Launched:	18 June 1990^[1]
Completed:	28 December 1990^[1]
Commissioned:	1989
Homeport:	Rybachiy Nuclear Submarine Base
Fate:	waiting overhaul
General characteristics
Class & type:	Oscar II class Submarine
Displacement:	13.400 t, 16.400 t
Length:	154 m (505 ft 3 in)
Beam:	18.2 m (59 ft 9 in)
Draft:	9 m (29 ft 6 in)
Propulsion:	2 nuclear reactors OK-650b, 2 steam turbines, 2/7-bladed props
Speed:	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) submerged, 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) surfaced
Test depth:	300 to 1,000 m (980 to 3,280 ft) (by various estimates)
Complement:	44 officers, 68 enlisted
Armament:	24 × SS-N-19/P-700 Granit 4 × 533 mm and 2 x 650 mm bow torpedo tubes

The K-442 Chelyabinsk is an Oscar class SSGN within the Russian Navy. The submarine is currently located at the Rybachiy Nuclear Submarine Base, in Vilyuchinsk, near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and belongs to the Russian Pacific Fleet.

Outfitting

Electronics Fit:
- Radar: Tobol surface search
- Sonar: MGK-540, Skat 3
- Other: Medveditsa 949M navigation, Tsunami space communications

References

1 2 3 4 "K-442 (6129543)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 23 September 2009. (subscription required (help)).

Oscar-class submarine

Oscar I

Murmansk (K-206) (ex-Minsky Komsolets)
Arkhangelsk (K-525)

Oscar II

Commissioned	Voronezh (K-119) Irkutsk (K-132) Kursk (K-141) Krasnodar (K-148) Krasnoyarsk (K-173) Omsk (K-186) Orel (K-266) (ex-Severodvinsk) Smolensk (K-410) Chelyabinsk (K-442) Vilyuchinsk (K-456) Tomsk (K-150)

Not commissioned	Volgograd (K-135) Belgorod (K-139) Barnaul (K-160)

List of Soviet and Russian submarines
List of Soviet and Russian submarine classes

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