Diesel-electric attack submarine that the Soviet Union built in the early Cold War period
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Class overview |
Operators | |
Preceded by | S class |
Succeeded by | |
Built |
- 1950–1958 (USSR)
- 1956–1960 (China)
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Completed | 236 (215 in the USSR + 21 in China) |
Preserved | 2 |
General characteristics (Project 613) |
Type | Diesel-electric attack submarine |
Displacement |
- Surfaced: 1,050 tonnes (1,030 long tons)
- Submerged: 1,340 tonnes (1,320 long tons)
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Length | 76 m (249 ft 4 in) |
Beam | 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) to 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in) |
Draft | 4.55 m (14 ft 11 in) |
Propulsion |
- Two-shaft diesel-electric:
- 2 × 4,000 bhp (3,000 kW) diesel engines
- 2 × 2,700 hp (2,000 kW) main electric motors
- 2 × 100 hp (75 kW) electric creep motors for silent running
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Speed |
- Surfaced: 18.25 knots (33.80 km/h)
- Submerged:13.1 knots (24.3 km/h)
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Range |
- Surfaced: 8,580 nmi (15,890 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
- Submerged: 335 nmi (620 km) at 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph)
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Endurance | Submerged: 166 h |
Complement | 52 |
Armament |
- 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow + 2 stern) for:
- 12 × torpedoes or,
- 22 × mines
- 1 × single-mounted 25 mm (1.0 in) AA gun
- 2 × single-mounted 57 mm (2.2 in) AA gun
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Whiskey-class submarines (known in the Soviet Union as Projects 613, 640, 644, and 665) are a class of diesel-electric attack submarines that the Soviet Union built in the early Cold War period.