FACTOID #53: If you thought Antarctica was inhospitable, think again - its land area is only ninety-eight percent ice. Reassuringly, the other 2% is categorised as "barren rock".
Development of the 658 Hotel Class nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine, to be equipped with the D-2 launch system and R-13 missiles, was approved on 26 August 1956.
The duties of the chief designer of the project 658 were originally assigned to the chief engineer of OKB-18 P. Golosovskogo.
Two 658 Hotel I submarines ("K-178" and "K-55") were transferred to the Pacific Fleet in September 1963 and 1968 and served in the 45-th division of atomic submarines on Kamchatka.
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