A Delta III-class submarine
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Class overview | |
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Name | Delta III class |
Builders | Severnoye Mashinostroitelnoye Predpriyatie Severodvinsk |
Operators | Soviet Navy, Russian Navy |
Preceded by | Delta II class |
Succeeded by | Delta IV class & Typhoon class |
Subclasses | Project 09786 Special Purpose Submarine |
Built | 1974–1982 |
In service | 1976–present |
Completed | 14 |
Active | 1[1] |
Retired | 13[1] |
General characteristics [2][3] | |
Type | Submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 166 m (545 ft) |
Beam | 12.3 m (40 ft) |
Draught | 8.7 m (29 ft) |
Depth |
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Propulsion | Reactor system OK-700A (two VM-4S (2*90 MW) PWR) powering 2 steam turbines delivering 44,700 kW (59,900 shp) to 2 five-bladed fixed pitched shrouded propellers |
Speed |
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Range | Unlimited, except by food supplies |
Complement | 40 officers, 90 enlisted |
Armament |
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The Delta III-class submarine, Soviet designation Project 667BDR Kaľmar (Squid), is a large ballistic missile submarine operated by the Russian Navy. Like other previous Delta-class submarines, the Delta III class is a double hulled design, with a thin low magnetic steel outer hull wrapped around a thicker inner pressure hull.
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