Russian submarine Verkhoturye (K-51)

K-51 before sea trials at Zvyozdochka, 2012
History
Soviet Union, Russia
Name	K-51 Verkhoturye
Namesake	Verkhoturye
Builder	Sevmash, Severodvinsk
Laid down	23 February 1981
Launched	7 March 1984
Commissioned	28 December 1984
Homeport	Gadzhievo, Northern Fleet
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Delta IV-class ballistic missile submarine
Displacement	18,200 tonnes (17,900 long tons; 20,100 short tons)
Length	167 m (548 ft)
Beam	11.7 m (38 ft)
Draft	8.8 m (29 ft)
Installed power	2 × VM-4 pressurized water reactor180 MW (240,000 hp)
Propulsion	2 × type GT3A-365 turbines, two shafts with seven-bladed fixed-pitch propellers Nuclear
Speed	Surfaced: 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) Submerged: 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Range	unlimited except by food supplies
Endurance	80 days
Test depth	550–650 m (1,800–2,130 ft)
Complement	135–140
Sensors and processing systems	Snoop Tray surface search radar
Armament	16 × R-29RM Shtil nuclear ballistic missiles, RPK-7 Veter anti-ship missiles, 4 × 533-mm bow tubes for up to 12 torpedoes

K-51 Verkhoturye (Russian: К-51 Верхотурье) is the lead submarine of the Project 667BDRM Delfin class (NATO reporting name: Delta IV) nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines currently in service with the Russian Navy.^[1] It was built at the Sevmash shipbuilding company in Severodvinsk between 1981 and 1984 and was commissioned in 1984. It is named after the city of Verkhoturye.