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List of sunken nuclear submarines. Nine nuclear submarines have sunk, either by accident or scuttling. The Soviet Navy lost five (one of which sank twice), the Russian Navy two, and the United States Navy (USN) two. Three submarines were lost with all hands – the two from the United States Navy (129 and 99 lives lost) and one from the Russian ...
October 3, 1986. North Atlantic. Loss of two nuclear reactors and either 32 or 48 warheads [76][77][78][nb 1] 480 miles (770 km) east of Bermuda, the Soviet Yankee I-class submarine K-219 experienced an explosion in one of its missile tubes and at least three crew members were killed.
2001. Greeneville in drydock at Pearl Harbor on 21 February 2001 after hitting and sinking Ehime Maru. On 9 February 2001, the American submarine USS Greeneville accidentally struck and sank a Japanese high-school fisheries training ship, Ehime-Maru, killing nine of the thirty-five people aboard, including four students, 10 miles (16 km) off ...
Nuclear-powered attack submarines. Akula class (Project 971 Shchuka-B) [11] Sierra class. Sierra II (Project 945A Kondor) [12] Victor class. Victor III (Project 671RTM/RTMK Shchuka) [13] Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. Borei class [14] Borei (Project 955)
Map of nuclear-armed states of the world NPT -designated nuclear weapon states (China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States) Other states with nuclear weapons (India, North Korea, Pakistan) Other states presumed to have nuclear weapons (Israel) NATO or CSTO member nuclear weapons sharing states (Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey, Belarus) States formerly possessing nuclear ...
Pages in category "Submarine accidents". The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . List of sunken nuclear submarines.
The submarines HMS Vanguard of the Royal Navy and Le Triomphant of the French Navy collided in the Atlantic Ocean in the night between 3–4 February 2009. Both nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines sustained damage, but no injuries or radioactivity releases were reported. [1] At the time of the collision, both vessels were submerged and ...
15 officers [1][2] 140 enlisted [1][2] Armament. MK-48 torpedoes. 20 × Trident II D-5 ballistic missiles. USS Alaska (SSBN-732), is a United States Navy Ohio -class ballistic missile submarine which has been in commission since 1986. She is the fourth US Navy ship to be named for the Territory or State of Alaska.