Russian submarine K-284 Akula

History


Name:	Akula
Builder:	Amur Shipyard
Laid down:	6 November 1983
Launched:	16 June 1984
Commissioned:	30 December 1984
Decommissioned:	2001
General characteristics
Class & type:	Attack nuclear submarine
Type:	Project 971U Schuka-B ("Akula-II")
Displacement:	8,140 tonnes surfaced, 12,770 tonnes submerged
Length:	114.3 meters
Beam:	13.6 meters
Draught:	9.7 meters
Propulsion:	one 190MWt OK-650 V reactor
Speed:	24 knots
Complement:	73 officers and men

K-284 Akula was the lead ship in the Soviet submarine class Project 971 Щука-Б (Shchuka-B, 'Shchuka' meaning pike, NATO reporting name "Akula").

The ship was laid down on 6 November 1983 and was commissioned in the Pacific Fleet on 30 December 1984. The submarine was 12-15 dB quieter than the previous generation of Soviet submarines. K-284 served in the Soviet Fleet until the collapse of the Soviet union in 1991 and then continued to serve in the Russian navy. The submarine was decommissioned in 2001.

Akula-class submarine

Akula	K-263 Barnaul K-284 Akula K-317 Pantera K-322 Cachalot K-331 Magadan K-391 Bratsk K-480 Ak Bars K-461 Volk

Improved Akula	K-154 Tigr K-328 Leopard K-419 Kuzbass

Akula II	K-152 Nerpa K-157 Vepr K-295 Samara

Akula III	K-333 Ryys (cancelled) K-335 Gepard K-337 Kuguar (cancelled)

Category:Submarines of the Soviet Navy List of Soviet and Russian submarine classes

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