General Characteristics
Displacement:	2,794 tons surfaced/3,553 tons submerged (629) 2,300-2,820 tons surfaced/2,700-3,553 tons submerged (629A) ms paint rendition of soviet naval pennant File links The following pages link to this file: Soviet submarine K-278 Typhoon class submarine Soviet Navy Whiskey class submarine Categories: Flag images ...
Length:	98.4 m (629) 98.9 m (629A)
Beam:	8.2 m
Draught:	7.85 m (629) 8.5 m (629A)
Propulsion:	Diesel electric
Speed:	12.5 knots (23 km/h) submerged 12 to 14 knots (22 to 26 km/h) submerged
Range:	70 days endurance
Complement:	80 (629) 83 (629A)
Armament:	Three nuclear tipped ballistic missiles First three 629 boats D-1 launch system with R-11FM missiles Remaining boats D-2 launch system with R-13 missiles 1966 onwards 629A upgrade D-4 launch system with R-21 missiles All boats six 533 mm torpedo tubes The R-21 was a submarine-launched ballistic missile developed and deployed by the Soviet Union from 1963 through 1989. ...
Diving depth:	260 m (design) 300 m (maximum)

The Soviet Navy's Project 629, also known by the NATO reporting name of Golf class, were diesel electric ballistic missile submarines. They were designed after six Zulu class submarines were succesfully modified to carry and launch Scud missiles. All Golf boats had left Soviet service by 1990. China built a single modified example in 1966 which is apparently still in service. The Soviet Naval ensign The Soviet Naval jack The Soviet Navy (Russian: Военно-морской флот СССР, Voyenno-morskoy flot SSSR, literally Naval military forces of the USSR) was the naval arm of the Soviet armed forces. ... NATO reporting names were code names for Soviet and Chinese military equipment. ... SSBN is the United States Navy Hull classification symbol for a fleet ballistic missile submarine. ... The Soviet Navys Project 611, also known by their NATO reporting name of Zulu class, were designed as attack submarines, but six were converted to become the worlds first ballistic missile submarines, one armed with a single F-11FM Scud missile and five others with two Scuds each. ... For the comics character Scud, see Scud: The Disposable Assassin. ... For the Temptations album, see 1990 (Temptations album) MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ...

Design was started in the mid-1950s at the OKB-16 design bureau along with the D-2 missile system which it was to carry, and was based on the Foxtrot. The submarine was originally designed to carry three R-11FM ballistic missiles with a range of around 150 km. These were carried in three silos fitted in the rear of the large sail behind the bridge. They could only be fired on the surface but the submarine could be underway at the time. Only the first three boats were equipped with these — the remaining ones were equipped with the longer range R-13 missiles. 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

The first boats were commissioned in 1958 and the last in 1962. 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The boats were built at two shipyards — 16 in Severodvinsk and 7 in Komsomol Na Amur. Fourteen were extensively modified in 1966-1972 and because known as 629A's by the Soviet Navy and Golf IIs by NATO (the original version now being designated Golf I). The major change was the upgrade of the missile system to carry R-21 missiles and increased speed. A few others had different conversions, for example one boat was converted to a minelayer (629E). 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... The Soviet Naval ensign The Soviet Naval jack The Soviet Navy (Russian: Военно-морской флот СССР, Voyenno-morskoy flot SSSR, literally Naval military forces of the USSR) was the naval arm of the Soviet armed forces. ... The NATO flag NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on April 4... The R-21 was a submarine-launched ballistic missile developed and deployed by the Soviet Union from 1963 through 1989. ...

The hull was divided into eight water-tight compartments, although this did not prevent to loss of K-129 on 3 August 1968 1390 km northwest of Oahu in the Pacific Ocean. The submarine exceeded its crush depth for unknown reasons and imploded, the accident being registered by the SOSUS network. The United States recovered parts of the submarine in July 1974 from a depth of around 5 km, in an operation named Project Jennifer. Two submarines of the Soviet Navy have been designated K-129. ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Oahu (Hawaiian: O‘ahu), the Gathering Place, is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous island in the State of Hawai‘i. ... SOSUS, an acronym for SOund SUrveillance System, was a chain of underwater listening posts located for the most part across the northern Atlantic Ocean near Greenland, Iceland and the United Kingdom -- the so-called GIUK gap. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Jennifer was the code name for the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) project to recover a sunken Soviet submarine K-129 from the Pacific Ocean floor in the summer of 1974, using the purpose-built ship Glomar Explorer. ...

In 2005 the book Red Star Rogue, by Kenneth Sewell, claimed K-129 sank 500 km northwest of Oahu on March 7, 1968 while launching one of her three ballistic missiles. He also claims Project Jennifer recovered virtually all of K-129 from the ocean floor.

Later versions had significant modifications starting in 1967, the new version being called Project 629A. The NATO designation for the submarine was Golf, and Golf I/Golf II when the later variant appeared. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The NATO flag NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on April 4...

All boats had left Soviet service by 1990. In 1993, ten were sold to North Korea for scrapping. These boats have never been used operationally by North Korea, although their ballistic missile launch systems may have been studied by the North Korean military in order to improve other missile technology. Soviet redirects here. ... For the Temptations album, see 1990 (Temptations album) MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Polish missile wz. ...

The plans were also sold to China which built a single modified example in 1966 which is apparently still in service. 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ...

External links

• Golf submarine details on FAS website