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Encyclopedia > Sierra class submarine
Sierra class submarines

Class Overview
Class Type attack submarine, nuclear-powered
Class Name NATO reporting code. Russian class names: Barrakuda [I] / Kondor [II].
Preceded By Mike-class SSN, Victor III-class SSN
Succeeded By Akula-class SSNs
Ships of the Class
Sierra I: K-239 Tula, K-276 Krab (decommissioned)

Sierra II: K-534 Pskov, K-336 Nizhny Novgorod, K-123 Mars (cancelled) Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (851x557, 86 KB) available on multiple internet sites, fas. ... SSN is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings: Social Security number (United States), an identification number used by the U.S. Social Security Administration. ... The Project 685 (Plavnik) class (known in the west by its NATO reporting name Mike) was a class of nuclear attack submarines of the Soviet Union in the cold war period. ... The Victor class is the general NATO classification for a type of nuclear-powered submarine that was originally put into service by the Soviet Union around 1967. ... This article is about the submarine class with NATO reporting name Akula. For the submarine class with the Soviet name Akula, see Typhoon class submarine. ... The RFS Pskov (Псков in Russian) is an attack submarine of the Russian Navy. ...

The Sierra class is the NATO reporting name for two types of nuclear-powered submarines that were originally constructed by the Soviet Union in the latter years of the Cold War. The Sierra I units were completed in the mid-1980s, while the two modified Sierra II boats entered service in 1992 and 1993. Their Soviet Designations are Project 945 Barrakuda (Sierra I) and Project 945M Kondor (Sierra II). Project 945 was initiated in March 1972, under the direction of Chief designer N.E. Kvasha of TsKB-112 Lazurit and was an enlarged version of the Alpha class submarine with a titanium hull. These ships were very expensive and the Akula class superseded them due to their lower cost. NATO reporting names were code names for Soviet and Chinese military equipment. ... German UC-1 class World War I submarine A model of Günther Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarine Inside of the Argonaute, showing the typical obstructed, tiny space of a post-WWII diesel attack submarine. ... For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was 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). ... This article is about the submarine class with NATO reporting name Akula. For the submarine class with the Soviet name Akula, see Typhoon class submarine. ...


The hulls of all the boats were built at Gorki and towed to Severodvinsk for final outfiting. All the ships served in the Soviet Northern Fleet. Severodvinsk (Russian: ) is a city in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. ...


General Characteristics

  • Displacement:
    • 5200 tons surfaced, 10,100 tons submerged (Sierra I) ,
    • 7200 tons surfaced, 10,400 tons submerged (Sierra II)
  • Length: 107m (Sierra I), 110m (Sierra II)
  • Beam: 11 m (I) - 12.3 m (II)
  • Draught: 9.5 m
  • Machinery: 1 shaft nuclear,
    • 1 OK-650 190 MWt presurized-water nuclear reactor, 47-50000 hp
  • Speed:
    • 18 knots surfaced,
    • 35-36 knots submerged
  • Endurance: 50 days
  • Diving depth: 700 m
  • Armament:
    • 4 - 533mm torpedo tubes,
    • 4 - 650 mm torpedo tubes
  • Crew: 65 (31 officers, 34 ratings)

References


Sierra-class submarine

Projekt 945 Barrakuda ("Sierra I")
K-239 Tula (ex-Karp) | K-276 Krab

Projekt 945A Kondor ("Sierra II")
K-534 Pskov | K-336 Nizhny Novgorod (ex-Okun) | K-123 Mars The RFS Pskov (Псков in Russian) is an attack submarine of the Russian Navy. ...

List of Soviet and Russian submarines
List of Soviet and Russian submarine classes Submarines in the Soviet Navy were developed by numbered projects, which sometimes but not always were given names. ...


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Sierra class submarine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (247 words)
The Sierra class is the NATO reporting name for two types of nuclear-powered submarines that was originally constructed by the Soviet Union in the latter years of the Cold War.
The Sierra I units were completed in the mid-1980s, while the two modified Sierra II boats entered service in 1992 and 1993.
Project 945 was initiated in March 1972, under the direction of Chief designer N.E. Kvasha of TsKB-112 Lazurit and was an enlarged version of the Alpha class submarine with a titanium hull.
submarine: Definition and Much More From Answers.com (9378 words)
Military submarines are generally divided into attack submarines, designed to operate against enemy ships, including other submarines, in a hunter-killer role, or strategic ballistic-missile submarines, designed to launch attacks on land-based targets from a position of stealth, also known as "boomers" in the United States Navy or "bombers" in the Royal Navy.
Submarines designed for the purpose of attacking merchant ships or other warships are known as "fast attacks", "hunter-killers", "fast boats", or "fleet submarines" (which terms are not synonyms; each is a different design for a different mission).
Submarines did not have a major impact on the outcome of the war, but did portend their coming importance to naval warfare and increased interest in their use in naval warfare.
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