Soviet submarine B-39

32°43′15″N 117°10′28″W / 32.720738°N 117.174320°W / 32.720738; -117.174320

B-39 in San Diego, California
History
Soviet Union
NameБ-39
BuilderAdmiralty Shipyard
Laid down9 February 1962
Launched15 April 1967
Commissioned28 December 1967
Decommissioned1 April 1994
HomeportVladivostok
FateMuseum Ship, Maritime Museum of San Diego, San Diego, California, United States (closed)
Statusto be scrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeFoxtrot-class submarine
Displacement
  • 1,953 long tons (1,984 t) surfaced
  • 2,475 long tons (2,515 t) submerged
Length89.9 m (294 ft 11 in)
Beam7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
Draft5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)
Propulsion
  • 3 × Kolomna 2D42M 2,000 hp (1,500 kW) diesel engines
  • 3 electric motors; 2 × 1,350 hp (1,007 kW) and 1 × 2,700 hp (2,000 kW)
  • 1 × 180 hp (130 kW) auxiliary motor
  • 3 shafts, each with 6-bladed propellers
Speed
  • 16 knots (18 mph; 30 km/h) surfaced
  • 15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h) submerged
  • 9 knots (10 mph; 17 km/h) snorkeling
Range
  • 20,000 nmi (37,000 km) at 8 kn (9.2 mph; 15 km/h) surfaced
  • 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) snorkeling
  • 380 nmi (700 km) at 2 kn (2.3 mph; 3.7 km/h) submerged
Endurance3–5 days submerged
Test depth246–296 m (807–971 ft)
Complement12 officers, 10 warrants, 56 seamen
Armament

B-39 was a Project 641 (Foxtrot-class) diesel-electric attack submarine of the Soviet Navy. The "B" (actually "Б") in her designation stands for большая (bolshaya, "large")—Foxtrots were the Soviet Navy's largest non-nuclear submarines.[1]

In 2005, B-39 became a museum ship on display at the Maritime Museum of San Diego, California, United States. In October 2021 the decision was made to withdraw the deteriorating submarine from the collection and scrap her.[2]

  1. ^ Federation of American Scientists (2000-09-07). "Foxtrot Class - Project 641". Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference scrap2021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).