K-171 was a Project 667B Murena (Delta I by NATO) nuclear ballistic missile submarine of the Soviet Navy. The submarine was launched and commissioned in 1976.[1] The submarine transferred from the Soviet Northern Fleet later that year to the Pacific.[2]
| History | |
|---|---|
  Soviet Union --> Russia | |
| Name | K-171 |
| Builder | Sevmash, Severodvinsk |
| Launched | 1976 |
| Commissioned | 1976 |
| Decommissioned | 2003 |
| Fate | Broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Delta-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 139 m (456 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 12 m (39 ft 4 in) |
| Draft | 9 m (29 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed |
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| Endurance | 80 days |
| Test depth |
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| Complement | 120 officers and men |
| Armament |
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| Service record | |
| Part of: | Soviet Pacific Fleet |
Reactor incident
editOn December 28, 1978, while in the Pacific Ocean, K-171 had a reactor failure. Radiation exposure resulted in the deaths of three crew members on board.[3]
Retirement
editLike most Soviet Delta I and Delta II-class submarines that were in service after the Cold War, the submarine was scrapped to comply with new treaties. It was decommissioned from the Russian Navy in 2003.[4]
References
edit- ^ "667B DELTA I Federation of American Scientists".
- ^ "Project 667 B (Murena) - Delta-I Class". spb.org.ru. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
- ^ "K-171 submarine reactor accident, 1978". www.johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
- ^ "Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines - Project 667B". russianships.info. Retrieved 2019-11-27.