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A dagger (†) indicates that the boat was lost. This list is not known to be complete. According to the U.S. Navy, "The former Soviet Union secretly disposed of about 16 submarines by sinking them in the northern oceans." [1] See also the list of Russian or Soviet submarines.
The Soviet submarine K-129 carried nuclear ballistic missiles when it was lost with all hands, but as it was a diesel-electric submarine, it is not included in the list. (K-129 was partly recovered by the U.S. Project Azorian.) The two USN submarines belonged to Submarine Force Atlantic, in the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
In 2005, the book Red Star Rogue: The Untold Story of a Soviet Submarine's Nuclear Strike Attempt on the U.S., [45] by former American submariner Kenneth Sewell in collaboration with journalist Clint Richmond, claimed that Soviet submarine K-129 was sunk 300 nmi (560 km) northwest of Oahu on 7 March 1968 while attempting to launch her three ...
Model submarine of Project 613, Balaklava Naval Museum Entrance tunnel to old Soviet submarine base. Old Soviet submarine pen Mine cars, Balaklava Naval Museum. Naval museum complex Balaklava (Ukrainian: Морський музейний комплекс "Балаклава", Russian: Музей холодной войны, "The Cold War Museum", designation K-825) is an underground submarine ...
WASHINGTON — Twenty-two years ago, a Russian nuclear submarine sank after being rocked by two explosions during a torpedo test launch gone awry. There were 118 sailors on board the Kursk; most ...
The decommissioning of Russian nuclear-powered vessels is an issue of major concern to the United States and to Scandinavian countries [1] near Russia.From 1950 to 2003, the Soviet Union and its major successor state, Russia, constructed the largest nuclear-powered navy in the world, [2] with more ships than all other navies combined: [3] 248 submarines (91 attack submarines, 62 cruise missile ...
1968 in Ukraine (2 C, 1 P) 1968 in Uzbekistan (1 C) Pages in category "1968 in the Soviet Union" ... Soviet submarine K-129 (1960) Kosmos 204;
Lost submarines of Russia (2 P) S. Lost submarines of the Soviet Union (17 P) U. Lost submarines of the United Kingdom (82 P) Lost submarines of the United States (66 P)