Kashalot-class submarine

Class overview

Name:	Kashalot
Builders:	Soviet Union
Operators:	Soviet Navy Russian Navy
Built:	1977-1991
In service:	1986-
Planned:	3
Completed:	2
Cancelled:	1
Active:	1
Laid up:	1
General characteristics
Displacement:	1,390 tons normal surfaced/1,580 tons submerged
Length:	69 m (226 ft)
Beam:	7 m (23 ft)
Draft:	5.2 m (17 ft)
Propulsion:	One pressurized-water nuclear reactor 1.5 MW (2,000 hp), 1 sets steam turbines; 10,000 shp (7,500 kW)
Speed:	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) submerged
Complement:	About 36
Sensors and processing systems:	Radar: 1 Snoop Slab search Sonar: HF active

The Project 1910 Kashalot class submarine (NATO reporting name: Uniform) is a class of research and special operations submarine constructed by the Soviet Union during the late 1970s and early 1980s.^[1]

Two boats of the class were constructed, AS-13 and AS-15, with the first boat of the class being laid down in 1977 and commissioned in 1986, the second being laid down in 1983 but not commissioned until 1991.^[1] A third class boat, AS-12, reached the fitting-out stage before being cancelled in 1998.^[1]

Displacing 1,580 tons submerged, the Kashalot class was constructed using a single titanium hull design, and is powered by a nuclear reactor; they were the first Soviet nuclear-powered submarines to have a single hull.^[1] The boats each have a crew of 36 officers and men.^[1]

References

Citations

1 2 3 4 5 Wertheim 2007, p.610.

Bibliography

Wertheim, Eric (2007). Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft and Systems (15th ed.). Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-955-2. Retrieved 2013-07-31.

External links

Russian Submarines at hazegray.org

Soviet and Russian submarines after 1945

Ballistic missile nuclear submarines – SSBN	658 Hotel 667A Yankee 667B Delta I 667BD Delta II 667BDR Delta III 941 Typhoon 667BDRM Delta IV 955 Dolgorukiy

Cruise missile nuclear submarines – SSGN	659 Echo I 675 Echo II 670 Charlie I 670M Charlie II 661 Papa^S 949 Oscar I 949A Oscar II

Nuclear attack submarines – SSN	627A November 671 Victor I 671RT Victor II 671RTM Victor III 705/705K Alfa 945 Sierra I 945A Sierra II 685 Mike^S 971 Akula 885 Severodvinsk

Conventional ballistic missile submarines – SSB	AV611 Zulu IV 629 Golf

Conventional cruise missile submarines – SSG	644/665 Whiskey (missile) 651 Juliett

Conventional attack submarines – SS or SSK	611 Zulu 613 Whiskey 615 Quebec 617 Whale^S 633 Romeo 641 Foxtrot 641B Tango 877 Kilo 636 Improved Kilo 677 St. Petersburg Kalina

Auxiliary submarines – SSA	690 Bravo 940 India 1710 Beluga^S 1840 Lima^S 1910 Uniform 865 Losos Sarov^S

S Single ship of class

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