Project 651: 16 SSG Conventional Missile Attack submarines (NATO Juliett). Project 651 submarines (NATO Juliett) were conventionally powered cruise-missile launching submarines developed in the Soviet Union in the late 1950s as a way to combat US Navy carrier battle groups (CBG). It was planned to mass-produce them, and 35 were ordered initially, until the serie … Read more
Project 667B nuclear missile attack submarines Project 667BD Murena-M: 4 ballistic submarines (Delta II). With just four boats, the 667BD Murena-M (NATO Delta II) were an evolution of the Delta I nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. They were essentially correcting shortcomings with the Delta I design, and while remaining largely the same overall, a new section … Read more
Project 667B nuclear missile attack submarines Project 667B Murena: 18 ballistic submarines (Delta I). Project 667B Murena (NATO Delta I) were a class of nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) derived closely from the previous Project 667A (NATO Yankee) but featuring the the D-9 complex, larger missiles and only twelve instead of sixteen. These R-29 … Read more
Project 667A nuclear missile attack submarines Project 667A Navaga, Project 667AU Nalim: 32 ballistic submarines (Yankee I). Later Project 667АМ “Navaga-М” (Yankee-II), 667АТ “Груша”, 667М “Андромеда” (Yankee Notch), 667АК “Аксон-1” (Yankee Pod), project 09780 “Аксон-2” (Yankee Big Nose), Project 09774/667АН (Yankee Stretch) Project 667A (NATO Yankee I) class submarines were the first Soviet ballistic missile … Read more
Project 675 (NATO “ECHO II”) nuclear missile attack submarines 29 submarines 1961-1994: K-166, K-104, K-170, K-175, K-184, K-172, K-47, K-1, K-28, K-35, K-189, K-74, K-22, K-90, K-31, K-116, K-57, K-125, K-48, K-128, K-56, K-131, K-10, K-135, K-94, K-108, K-7, K-23, K-34 For NATO the whole 34 ECHO were quite close as to share the same … Read more
Project 659 (NATO “ECHO I”) nuclear missile attack submarines 5 submarines, Project 659 (1961-1963) К-45, К-59, К-66, К-122, К-151, К-30 (cancelled) The world’s first nuclear cruise missile launching submarines The Project 659 (NATO Echo class) inaugurated a brand new league in submarine design for the cold war. Just as the first tests were made to … Read more
Project 658 nuclear missile attack submarines 8 submarines, Project 658, 658M, 701, 658S, 658U (Hotel I-III, 1959-1962) К-19, К-33/54, К-55, К-40, К-16, К-145, K-149, K-178 Hotel class submarines (Project 658) – were the first Soviet SSBNs and world’s second class, five months after the Georges Washington class. They were not indeed of a design that … Read more
Project 641 (NATO “FOXTROT”) conventional attack submarines 58 (75 with other countries) submarines (1957-2014), B-series (random numbers). Development To replace the first post-war ocean-going boats of Project 611 (NATO Zulu), in the late 1950s, TsKB-18 developed a new project, designated 641. The chief designer of the project was S. A. Egorov, then this post was … Read more
Project 629 (NATO “GOLF”) conventional ballistic missile submarines 23 submarines, Projects 629, 629B, 629A, 601, 605, 619, 629R, 6631/031 (1956-1990) The first soviet strategic submarines The Golf class submarines (Project 629) were the first Soviet SSBs and world’s only Conventional class of ballistic armed strategic submarines (The Zulu V were experimental), commissioned one year before … Read more
Project 627 “Kit” nuclear attack submarines 14 submarines 1957-63: One project 627, twelve project 627A, one project 645 Known in the west by NATO identifier “November”, Project 627 “Kit” (whale) were the first Soviet class of nuclear-powered attack submarines. They were in service from 1958. These were a concern for the USN, soon after USS … Read more
