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- Code Number:
- MYND02_071B
- Title:
- K-129 Soviet submarine, Project Azorian, 1960s
- Ordered: 26/01/1954
Builder: Nr. 402 Severodvinsk or Nr. 199 Komsomol Na Amur
Completed: 1960
Fate: Sank on 8/03/1968 approximately 1,560 nautical miles (2,890 km) northwest of Oahu Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean with all hands - 98 crewmen perished
Status: Partially recovered in covert salvage operation by the CIA in 1974 called Project Azorian
Class: Golf-II class ballistic missile submarine
Displacement: 2,700 long tons (2,743 tons) submerged
Length: 100 meters (330 feet)
Beam: 8.5 meters (28 feet)
Draft: 8.5 meters (28 feet)
Propulsion:
3 diesel engines, each 2,000 bhp (1,500 kW)
3 electric motors, 5,200 shp (3,880 kW)
3x shafts
Speed: 15-17 knots (28-31 km/h; 17-20 mph) surfaced, 12-14 knots (22-km/h; 14-6 mph) submerged
Endurance: 70 days
Complement: 83 men
Armament: D-4 launch system with 3 R-21 missiles
Notes: Said to be armed with SS-N-5 Serb missile with 750?900 nautical mile range (1,390?1,670 km; 860?1,040 mile) range and one megaton warhead
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