Soviet ballistic missile submarine class
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Submarine_Yankee_I_class.jpg/300px-Submarine_Yankee_I_class.jpg) A
Yankee
I submarine underway.
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Class overview
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Name
| Yankee class
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Builders
| Severodvinsk and Komsomolsk
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Operators
|
Soviet Navy
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Preceded by
| Hotel class
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Succeeded by
| Delta class
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Built
| 1964?1974
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In commission
| 1967?1995
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Completed
| 34
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Lost
| 1
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Retired
| 33
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General characteristics
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Type
| Ballistic missile submarine
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Displacement
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- 7,700 tons Surfaced
- 9,300 tons submerged
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Length
| 132 m (433 ft)
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Beam
| 11.6 m (38 ft)
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Draught
| 8 m (26 ft)
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Propulsion
| two pressurized water cooled reactors powering four steam turbines driving two shafts.
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Speed
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- Surfaced: 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
- Submerged: 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
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Range
| unlimited
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Complement
| 120
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Armament
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- Yankee I/II:4 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes
- 2 × 400 mm (16 in) torpedo tubes
- Yankee I: 16 × R-27 (SS-N-6 Serb) SLBMs
- Yankee II: 12 × R-31 (SS-N-17 Snipe) SLBMs.
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The
Yankee
class
,
Soviet designations
Project 667A
Navaga
(
navaga
) and
Project 667AU
Nalim
(
burbot
) for the
basic
Yankee
-I
, were a family of
nuclear-powered
ballistic missile submarines
built in the
Soviet Union
for the
Soviet Navy
. In total, 34 units were built: 24 in
Severodvinsk
for the
Northern Fleet
and the remaining 10 in
Komsomolsk-on-Amur
for the
Pacific Fleet
. Two Northern Fleet units were later transferred to the Pacific.
The
Yankee
-class were subject to a
wide variety of modifications
; these ships have a different designation to the original model.
Design
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The Yankee-class
nuclear submarines
were the first class of
Soviet
ballistic missile submarines
(SSBN) to have
thermonuclear
firepower comparable with that of their American and British
Polaris submarine
counterparts. The Yankee class were quieter in the ocean than were their
Hotel-class
predecessors, and had better
streamlining
that improved their underwater performance. The Yankee class were actually quite similar to the Polaris submarines of the
U.S. Navy
and the
Royal Navy
. These boats were all armed with 16
submarine-launched ballistic missiles
(SLBM) with multiple
nuclear warheads
as
nuclear deterrents
during the
Cold War
, and their
ballistic missiles
had ranges from 1,500?2,500
nautical miles
(2,800?4,600 km; 1,700?2,900 mi).
General characteristics (Yankee I)
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- Length: 128 m (420 ft)
- Beam: 11.7 m (38 ft)
- Draught: 9 m (30 ft)
- Surface displacement: 7,760 tonnes
- Full (Diving) displacement: 11,500 tonnes
- Speed: 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
- Power plant: 2
VM-4
reactors
- Hull:
Low magnetic steel
- Crew: 114
- Compartments: 10
- Armament:
Operational history
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K-219
damaged
The Yankee-class SSBNs served in the
Soviet Navy
in three oceans: the
Atlantic Ocean
, the
Pacific Ocean
, and the
Arctic Ocean
beginning in the 1960s. During the 1970s about three Yankee-class were continually on patrol in a so-called "patrol box" in the Atlantic Ocean just east of
Bermuda
[1]
and off the
US Pacific coast
. This forward deployment of the SSBNs was seen to balance the presence of American, British, and
French
nuclear weapons kept in
Western Europe
and on
warships
(including nuclear submarines) in the surrounding Atlantic Ocean, including the
Mediterranean Sea
and the
Eastern Atlantic
.
The lead boat K-137
Leninets
received its
honorific name
on 11 April 1970, two and one half years after being commissioned.
One Yankee-class submarine,
K-219
, was lost on 6 October 1986 after an explosion and fire on board. This boat had been at sea near Bermuda, and she sank from loss of
buoyancy
because of flooding. Four of her sailors died before rescue ships arrived. The events surrounding the loss of this boat has continued to be
controversial
.
At least one other boat in this class was involved in a collision with a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine.
[
citation needed
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Because of their
increasing age
, and as negotiated in the
SALT I
,
START I
and
START II
treaties that reduce
nuclear armaments
of the United States and the Soviet Union, all boats of Yankee class were disarmed,
decommissioned
and sent to the
nuclear ship scrapyards
.
Variants
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There were eight different versions of the
Yankee
-class submarines:
- Yankee
-class submarines in life
-
Yankee
Notch
-
Yankee
II
-
Yankee
Big Nose
In addition,
Soviet/Russian classification
includes the
Delta
-class submarines
within the same family of Project 667; Deltas being
Project 667B
onwards.
Units
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of parts of this article (those related to table)
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Yankee class ? significant dates
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Project
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Shipyard
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Laid down
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Launched
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Commissioned
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Status
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K-137
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667A, 667AU
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
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November 4, 1964
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September 11, 1966
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November 6, 1967
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Decommissioned April 3, 1994 for scrapping
[3]
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K-140
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667A, 667AM
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
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September 19, 1965
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August 23, 1967
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December 30, 1967
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Decommissioned April 19, 1990 for scrapping
[3]
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K-26
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667A
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
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December 30, 1965
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December 23, 1967
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September 3, 1968
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Decommissioned July 17, 1988 for scrapping
[3]
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K-32
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667A
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
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February 25, 1966
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April 25, 1968
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October 26, 1968
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Decommissioned April 19, 1990 for scrapping
[3]
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K-216
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667A
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
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June 6, 1966
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August 6, 1968
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December 27, 1968
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Decommissioned 1985 for scrapping
[3]
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K-207
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667A
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
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November 4, 1966
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September 20, 1968
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May 30, 1968
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Decommissioned May 30, 1989 for scrapping
[3]
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K-210
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667A
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
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December 16, 1966
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December 29, 1968
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August 6, 1969
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Decommissioned July 17, 1988 for scrapping
[3]
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K-249
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667A
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
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March 18, 1967
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March 30, 1969
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September 27, 1969
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Decommissioned July 17, 1988 for scrapping
[3]
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K-253
|
667A, 667AT
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
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June 26, 1967
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June 5, 1969
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November 28, 1969
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Decommissioned for scrapping
[3]
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K-395
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667A, 667AT
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
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September 8, 1967
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July 28, 1969
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December 5, 1969
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Decommissioned for scrapping
[3]
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K-339
|
667A
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Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard, Komsomolsk
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February 23, 1968
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June 23, 1969
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December 24, 1969
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Decommissioned April 19, 1990 for scrapping
[3]
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K-408
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667A, 667AT
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
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January 20, 1968
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September 10, 1969
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December 25, 1969
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Decommissioned July 17, 1988 for scrapping
[3]
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K-411
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667A, 667AN
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
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May 25, 1968
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January 16, 1970
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August 31, 1970
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Decommissioned for scrapping
[3]
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K-418
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667A
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
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June 29, 1968
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March 14, 1970
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September 22, 1970
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Decommissioned March 17, 1989 for scrapping
[3]
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K-420
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667A, 667M
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
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October 12, 1968
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April 25, 1970
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October 29, 1970
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Decommissioned for scrapping
[3]
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K-423
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667A, 667AT
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
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January 13, 1969
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April 7, 1970
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November 13, 1970
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Decommissioned for scrapping
[3]
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K-434
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667AU
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Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard, Komsomolsk
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February 23, 1969
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May 29, 1970
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November 30, 1970
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Decommissioned March 17, 1989 for scrapping
[3]
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K-426
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667A
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
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April 17, 1969
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August 28, 1970
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December 22, 1970
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Decommissioned April 19, 1990 for scrapping
[3]
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K-236
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667AU
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Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard, Komsomolsk
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November 6, 1969
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August 4, 1970
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December 27, 1970
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Decommissioned September 1, 1990 for scrapping
[3]
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K-415
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667A, 667AK-2
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
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July 4, 1969
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September 26, 1970
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December 30, 1970
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Decommissioned August 6, 1987 for scrapping
[3]
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K-403
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667A, 667AK-1
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
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August 18, 1969
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March 25, 1971
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August 12, 1971
[3]
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Decommissioned ? Scrapping underway in 2010
[4]
[
failed verification
]
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K-389
|
667A
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Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard, Komsomolsk
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July 26, 1970
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June 27, 1971
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November 25, 1971
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Decommissioned April 19, 1990 for scrapping
[3]
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K-245
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667AU
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
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October 16, 1969
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August 9, 1971
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December 16, 1971
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Decommissioned March 14, 1992 for scrapping
[3]
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K-219
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667AU
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
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May 28, 1970
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October 8, 1971
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December 31, 1971
[3]
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Lost October 3, 1986
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K-252
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667A
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Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard, Komsomolsk
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December 25, 1970
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September 12, 1971
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December 31, 1971
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Decommissioned March 17, 1989 for scrapping
[3]
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K-214
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667AU
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
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February 19, 1970
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September 1, 1971
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February 8, 1972
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Decommissioned June 24, 1991 for scrapping
[3]
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K-228
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667AU
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
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September 4, 1970
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May 3, 1972
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September 30, 1972
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Decommissioned September 3, 1994 for scrapping
[3]
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K-258
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667AU
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Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard, Komsomolsk
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March 30, 1971
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May 26, 1972
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September 30, 1972
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Decommissioned June 16, 1991 for scrapping
[3]
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K-241
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667AU
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
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December 24, 1970
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June 9, 1972
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October 23, 1972
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Decommissioned June 16, 1992 for scrapping
[3]
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K-444
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667AU
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
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April 8, 1971
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August 1, 1972
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December 23, 1972
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Decommissioned September 30, 1994 for scrapping
[3]
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K-446
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667AU
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Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard, Komsomolsk
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November 7, 1971
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August 8, 1972
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January 22, 1973
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Decommissioned March 17, 1993 for scrapping
[3]
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K-451
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667AU
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
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February 23, 1972
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April 29, 1973
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September 7, 1971
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Decommissioned June 16, 1991 for scrapping
[3]
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K-436
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667AU
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Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard, Komsomolsk
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November 7, 1972
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July 25, 1973
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December 5, 1973
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Decommissioned March 14, 1992 for scrapping
[3]
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K-430
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667AU
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Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard, Komsomolsk
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July 27, 1973
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July 28, 1974
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December 25, 1974
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Decommissioned January 12, 1995 for scrapping
[3]
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Popular culture
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In
Tom Clancy
's 1986 techno-thriller
Red Storm Rising
, the entire Yankee-class of
SSBNs
are proposed to be taken out of service and scrapped by the
Soviet Union
as part of the
Maskirovka
I, in part to have the
United States
to do likewise with its own first-generation
George Washington class
,
Ethan Allen class
and
Lafayette class
SSBNs, and allay
NATO
misgivings of the
USSR
's intentions.
References
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