| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Kashalot |
| Builders: | Soviet Union |
| Operators: |
 Soviet Navy Russian Navy |
| Built: | 1977-1991 |
| In service: | 1986- |
| Planned: | 3 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Cancelled: | 1 |
| Active: | 1 |
| Laid up: | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,390 tons normal surfaced/1,580 tons submerged |
| Length: | 69 m (226 ft) |
| Beam: | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Draft: | 5.2 m (17 ft) |
| Propulsion: | One pressurized-water nuclear reactor 1.5 MW (2,000 hp), 1 sets steam turbines; 10,000 shp (7,500 kW) |
| Speed: |
10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) submerged |
| Complement: | About 36 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Radar: 1 Snoop Slab search |
The Kashalot class submarine, also known as Project 1910 and by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation as the Uniform class submarine, is a class of research and special operations submarine constructed by the Soviet Union during the late 1970s and early 1980s.[1]
Two boats of the class were constructed, AS-13 and AS-15, with the first boat of the class being laid down in 1977 and commissioned in 1986, the second being laid down in 1983 but not commissioned until 1991.[1] A third class boat, AS-12, reached the fitting-out stage before being cancelled in 1998.[1]
Displacing 1,580 tons submerged, the Kashalot class was constructed using a single titanium hull design, and is powered by a nuclear reactor; they were the first Soviet nuclear-powered submarines to have a single hull.[1] The boats each have a crew of 36 officers and men.[1]
References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Wertheim, Eric (2007). Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft and Systems (15th ed.). Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-955-2. http://books.google.com/books?id=TJunjRvplU4C&pg=PA610. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
External links
- Russian Submarines at hazegray.org
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