Delta III class submarine

The 667BDR Kal'mar (Squid) Delta-III class Submarine was a large Ballistic Missile Submarine. Like the earlier Delta class submarines the Delta III is a double hulled design with a thin low magnetic steel outer hull wrapped around a thicker inner pressure hull. Development began in 1972 at the Rubin central design bureau for marine engineering. The submarine was the first that could launch any number of missiles in a single salvo, also the first submarine capable of carrying ballistic missiles with multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles . The submarine carried 16 of the R-29R missiles each carrying 3 to 7 MIRVs, with a range of 6,500 to 8,000 km, depending on the number of re-entry vehicles. A model of Gunter Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarine USS Virginia, a Virginia-class nuclear attack (SSN) submarine German UC-1 class World War I submarine A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ... Polish missile wz. ... A model of Gunter Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarine USS Virginia, a Virginia-class nuclear attack (SSN) submarine German UC-1 class World War I submarine A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ... A Delta I class submarine. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

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General characteristics

• Displacement:
  • 10,600 m³ surfaced
  • 13,050 m³ submerged

• Maximum speed:
  • 12 knots (26 km/h) surfaced
  • 24 knots (44 km/h) submerged

• Operating depth:
  • 390 meters test depth
  • 450 meters never-exceed depth

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• Propulsion:
  • 2 Pressurised Water Nuclear Reactors, model OK-700; VM-4-2 type reactor core.
  • 2 Steam Turbines 90 MWt generating 60,000 hp each (Note: this is 10,000 more than in the Delta-II)
  • 2 5 bladed fixed pitch propellers

• Length: 155 m
• Beam: 11.7 m
• Draft: 9 m

• Armament:
  • D-9R Missile launch system with 16 SS-N-18 'Stingray' R-29R Submarine-launched ballistic missiles
  • 4 533mm Torpedo Tubes
  • 2 400mm Torpedo Tubes (16 torpedoes)
  • assorted small arms for security. (Locked away when away from port)

• Crew: 130 Total

• Commissioned: 1976

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Ships

Pacific fleet

• K-441 commissioned 1976, in reserve from 1996
• K-424 commissioned 1977, in reserve from 1997
• K-449 commissioned 1977, in reserve from 1996
• K-455 commissioned 1978, in reserve from 1998-99
• K-490 commissioned 1978, in reserve from 1998-99
• K-211 commissioned 1980
• K-223 Podolsk commissioned 1980, in reserve from 1998-99, reactivated 2001
• K-180 commissioned 1980, 2001 active
• K-433 Svyatoy Georgiy Pobedonosets (Saint George the Victorious) commissioned 1981, in reserve from 1997, reactivated 2004

Northern fleet

• K-487 commissioned 1978, in reserve from 1998-99
• K-44 Ryazan commissioned 1979, in reserve from 1997
• K-496 commissioned 1979
• K-506 commissioned 1979, in reserve from 1998-99, reactivated 2001
• K-129 commissioned 1981, in reserve from 1997, reactivated 2001

References

• Federation of American Scientists
• armscontrol.ru