The Typhoon Class Submarine
Writing by Tolip on Tuesday, 25 of September , 2007 at 4:46 pm
The Typhoon ballistic missile nuclear-powered (SSBN) submarines are the largest submarines ever to be built, with a displacement of 48,000 tonnes and a length of 175 meters.The Soviet Navy deployed the Typhoon Class submarines in the 1980s.Made famous by the film Hunt for Red October the Typhoon Class submarines were developed under the name Project 941 for the Russian Akula (Shark) class.
Six of these enormous submarines were ever built at the Severodvinsk Shipyard, on the White Sea near Archangel.The construction of a seventh submarine was started but never completed.The submarine carries 20RSM-52 intercontinental, three stage solid propellant ballistic missiles, each consisting of a maximum of ten independently targetable multiple re-entry vehicles (MIRV), each with a 100 kt warhead.Propulsion is ensured by two nuclear reactors, each producing 190 MW, and two turbogear assemblies comprising steam turbine and gearbox.Due to its size, the Typhoon class submarine is one of the quiestest sea vessels in operation today.The large size of the submarine allows to minimize noise caused by water.Able to stay submerged for periods of up to 180 days in normal operating conditions the submarine is fitted with all the luxuries necessary for the crew to endure the long voyages, and is even fitted with an inside swimming pool.
Of the original six submarines built, only the first one, TK-208 Dmitry Donskoi commissioned December 12 1981 is still operational serving as a test platform for the Bulava missile.Two others, the TK-17 Arkhangelsk commissioaned November 6 1987 and TK-20 Severstal commissioned September 1989 are in reserve awaiting for modernization.The other three have been withdrawn from service as follows: TK-202 withdrawn 1995 and scrapped 2003-2005, TK-12 withdrawn 1996 and TK-13 withdrawn 1997, both waiting to be scrapped.
Specifications
Crew 160
Dimensions
Length 172 m
Beam 23.3 m
Draught 11 m
displacement surfaced 23,200 tons
full load submerged 48,000 tons
Propulsion
nuclear water reactors 2 x 190 MW
steam turbines 2 x 50,000 hp
Turbogenerators 4 x 3,200 kW
diesel generators 2 x 800 kW
Propellers 2 x 7-blade, fixed-pitch, shrouded
Performance
full run speed Surfaced 12 knots
full run speed Submerged 25 knots
maximum diving depth 400 m
sea endurance 180 days
Weapons
Missiles D-19 missile system (20 launchers and 20 RSM-52 ballistic missiles)
Torpedoes 4 x 630 mm torpedo tubes, 2 x 533 m torpedo tubes, 20 anti-submarine missiles and torpedoes
electronic equipment automated radio communication system, satellite communication and navigation system, combat control information system, navigation system Sensors surface target acquisition radar, active/passive sonar
Periscopes 2 (one for commander, one general)
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Comment by Jimo
Made Wednesday, 21 of October , 2009 at 4:54 am
one large ass, loud, & easy to tract target:) Thanks to US navy, it will only serve as one big bubble @ the surface…Orah!
Comment by myst1cal
Made Tuesday, 29 of December , 2009 at 2:28 pm
Comment by Harvey
Made Monday, 25 of January , 2010 at 4:00 am
Jimo don’t be crazy - only a fool underestimates the skill of his enemies.
If you want to try hunting a nuclear sub like that then you are welcome to try it; cleverer people than you have tried and failed, despite multi-billion dollar budgets and more resources than ordinary folk can imagine.
Comment by Jimo
Made Friday, 19 of February , 2010 at 4:31 am
I dont under estimate enemas’ Harveeeeeeee, you flush turds down the toilet! Are you the wipes harveeeeee? We spent billions for nothing when we should have kicked their asses before the rest of the world grew to what it is today.
Comment by Nick
Made Friday, 26 of March , 2010 at 1:42 am
My god jimo you are just another arrogant American. Can’t you read! It says one of the most quiet submarines ever built! Sure the US has better submarines but that doesn’t mean that the US can find it and the submarine still has enough weapons to completely devastate the USA. Just because your weapons are better doesn’t make theirs ineffective. As for kicking their asses, just the same way your are kicking the afghans? or the Vietnamese? Even the Koreans kicked your asses. People like you are the reason the rest of the world thinks that the US is arrogant. I feel sorry for you.
Comment by Sam
Made Sunday, 11 of April , 2010 at 10:08 pm
nick licks dick, satelites watch every move underwater, then are monitored closer by ships, planes, subs. There are also tracking devises attached, & disengages when going to dry dock, or port. Again what is your definition of kicking ass with 10 dead or more to one American, in Afghanistan/Iraq it is more like 1000-1 So fuck your media brain washed foolishness, shit lick!! arrogant? unlike the russians are? I tire of their bullshit, & heavy tax dollars used to counter this over rated pile of shit. Like the 1st Iraq war, those suppior russian tanks were a joke.
Comment by Jimo
Made Sunday, 11 of April , 2010 at 10:15 pm
nick licks dick, satelites watch every move underwater, then are monitored closer by ships, planes, subs. There are also tracking devises attached, & disengages when going to dry dock, or port. Again what is your definition of kicking ass with 10 dead or more to one American, in Afghanistan/Iraq it is more like 1000-1 So fuck your media brain washed foolishness, shit lick!! arrogant? unlike the russians are? I tire of their bullshit, & heavy tax dollars used to counter this over rated pile of shit. Like the 1st Iraq war, those suppior russian tanks were a joke. You talk about reading nicky, we are not fighting afghans idiot. Veitnam over a million dead communists as korea? We fought a limited war all because of russia/sino.
Comment by Jimo
Made Sunday, 11 of April , 2010 at 10:18 pm
give me your address dick lick nick, we’ll settle this with gloves.
Comment by Nick
Made Saturday, 1 of May , 2010 at 8:22 am
Tracking devices? like you have swum up and attached them! What a load of shit! If they were so easy to track with satellite then i guess the Russians are doing it to yours as well. Not sure quite how your satellite would pick them up since in-fared wouldn’t work and there is know way MAD could get it from that altitude! What i tire of is the fuken Americans spending so much money on technology but dont even train their soldiers properly, and yes i have seen it with my own eyes in combat! Our average soldier is the equal to one of your special forces! And it shows in the casualty rates. We were more scared of the Americans than the enemy. The enemy doesn’t even need to shoot you, you shoot each other for them!
You call Vietnam a limited war! Looked pretty fuken limited! Is that your excuse for losing to a lesser force? Same with the ongoing wars in Afganistan and Iraq
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If you wanna come settle this I am more than happy! Once again an American jumping into a fight that he cant win.
Comment by Spaceman Spiff
Made Saturday, 12 of June , 2010 at 4:13 am
You say that this submarine is quiet, but it is NOT true. When these submarines were first discovered at sea by a NATO P3C aircraft (Norwegian), they thought it was an earthquake in progress.
Vietnam WAS a war with severe restraints on the operational freedom for the military. Despite this, they DID NOT LOOSE MILITARILY. They lost to the hippies back in home. (And I’m not an american, BTW) He’s also correct when he says that it was because of russian/sino. US feared that Russia or China would become directly involved in the battles in Korea, så they settled for a “draw”. Russian fighters WERE flying over north-korea, with russian pilots, and China considered to contribute too. Instead of escalating a war which wasn’t really important for the US, they war ended as it did.
