Generation |
Project |
NATO
Name |
Russian
Name |
Type |
Reactors Per Vessel |
No. Built |
Features |
First |
627, 627A |
November |
Kit |
SSN |
2 PWR*/VM-A |
13 |
1955-1963. |
Prototype |
645 |
November 645 |
ZhMT |
SSN |
2 LMR**/VT-1 |
1 |
Laid down in 1958, launched in 1962, and commissioned in 1963.
In 1968, 9 deaths occurred in a reactor accident.
In 1981, sunk to 50 meters in the Kara Sea. |
First |
658, 658M |
Hotel |
|
SSBN |
2 PWR/VM-A |
8 |
1958-1964.
First strategic submarine. |
First |
659, 659T |
Echo I |
|
SSGN |
2 PWR/VM-A |
5 |
|
Prototype |
661 |
Papa |
Anchar |
SSGN |
2 PWR/VM-5 m |
1 |
World's first titanium hull submarine. |
First |
675, 675M, 675MKV |
Echo II |
|
SSGN |
2 PWR/VM-A |
29 |
1961-1967. |
Second |
667A |
Yankee |
Navaga, Nalim |
SSBN |
2 PWR/OK-700/VM-4 |
34 |
1964-1974.
Outfitted with 16 ballistic missiles with a range of 3,000 km.
Similar to American submarine class George Washington.
No longer operative and are currently being dismantled. |
Second |
667AR |
Yankee Notch |
Grosha |
SSGN |
2 PWR/type unknown |
|
Converted from SSBN as a result of SALT limitations. |
Second |
667B |
Delta I |
Murena |
SSBN |
2 PWR/OK-700/VM-4 |
18 |
1971-1977.
Outfitted with 12 ballistic missiles with a range capability of 9,000 km.
A modified version of the Yankee class. |
Second |
667BD |
Delta II |
Murena-M |
SSBN |
2 PWR/OK-700/VM-4 |
4 |
1973-1975.
Outfitted with 16 ballistic missiles. |
Second |
667BDR |
Delta III |
Kalmar |
SSBN |
2 PWR/OK-700/VM-4-2 |
14 |
1975-1981.
Outfitted with 16 ballistic missiles. |
Second |
667BDRM |
Delta IV |
Delfin |
SSBN |
2 PWR/VM-4 |
7 |
1981-1992.
Outfitted with 16 ballistic missiles. |
Second |
670A |
Charlie I |
Skat |
SSGN |
1 PWR/OK-350/VM-4 |
11 |
1967-1972.
Attack submarine equipped with cruise missiles.
Designed to counter hostile aircraft carriers and surface ships.
All based in the Pacific Fleet. |
Second |
670M |
Charlie II |
Skat M |
SSGN |
1 PWR/OK-350/VM-4 |
6 |
1973-1980.
Attack submarine equipped with cruise missiles.
Designed to attack hostile aircraft carriers and surface ships.
All based in the Northern Fleet. |
Second |
671, 671V, 671K |
Victor I |
Kefal I (Yersy) |
SSN |
1 PWR/OK-300/VM-4 |
15 |
1965-1974.
Built to attack enemy submarines. |
Second |
671RT |
Victor II |
Kefal II |
SSN |
1 PWR/OK-300/VM-4 |
7 |
Built to attack enemy submarines. |
Second |
671RTM |
Victor III |
Shchuka |
SSN |
2 PWR/OK-300/VM-4 |
26 |
Built to attack enemy submarines. |
Prototype |
685 |
Mike |
Plavnik |
SSN |
1 PWR/OK-650 b-3 |
1 |
Titanium hull.
Worlds' deepest diving nuclear submarine.
Laid down in 1978, launched in 1983, commissioned in 1984. Sank in 1989. |
Prototype |
705, 705K |
Alfa |
Lira |
SSN |
1 LMR/OK-550/BM-40A |
7 |
Noisy, but built for speed.
Titanium hull.
Reactors called "single use reactors" with operational lifetimes of 70 years.
All are based in the Northern Fleet.
No longer built after the late 1980s. |
Third |
941 |
Typhoon |
Akula |
SSBN |
2 PWR/OK-650/VV |
6 |
1977-1989.
World's largest submarine.
Equipped with 200 nuclear warheads.
Six submarines built with a seventh in halted construction. |
Third |
949 |
Oscar I |
Granit |
SSGN |
2 PWR/OK-650 b |
2 |
1978-present.
Equipped with cruise missiles.
Designed to hunt and sink hostile aircraft carriers. |
Third |
949A |
Oscar II |
Antey |
SSGN |
2 PWR/OK-650 b |
11 |
Equipped with 24 cruise missiles. |
Third/Prototype |
945, 945A, 945B |
Sierra I |
Barracuda I |
SSN |
1 PWR/OK-650 |
4 |
1982-1993.
Titanium hull.
Quiet enough to avoid detection by NATO's SOSUS tracking system. |
Third |
971 |
Akula
(Akula II) |
Bars |
SSN |
1 PWR/OK-650 b |
12 |
Quietest, fastest, most modern submarine.
Class renamed to Akula II.
Current construction projects have been delayed due to lack of financing. |
Fourth |
885 |
Severodvinsk |
Severodvinsk |
|
1 PWR/KPM |
|
Prototype under construction since December 1993; scheduled for transfer to the navy in 1998 at the earliest.
Subsequent construction could begin in 2002-2004 at Severodvinsk shipyard.
According to this schedule, it would enter service in 2006-2008.
Considered the most advanced nuclear-powered submarine in the world by US experts.
To be equipped with a monoblock design reactor. |
Fifth |
935 |
Borey |
Yuriy Dolgorukiy |
SSBN |
|
|
Approximately half the size of the Typhoon Class.
Will be outfitted with at least 12 ballistic missiles.
If completed, it would be the fifth generation of submarines, entering service in 2004. |
Other |
10831 |
10831 |
AS-12 |
Mini |
1 PWR/type unknown |
1 |
Based in the Northern Fleet. |
Other |
1851 |
X-Ray |
AS-11 |
Mini |
1 PWR/type unknown |
1 |
Built in 1982.
Based in the Northern Fleet. |
Other |
1910 |
Uniform |
-- |
Mini |
1 PWR/type unknown |
3 |
1982-1994.
Based in the Northern Fleet. |
