Whiskey-class submarine

S-189 preserved and on display as a museum boat in Saint Petersburg.
Class overview
OperatorsSee operators
Preceded byS class
Succeeded by
Built
  • 1950–1958 (USSR)
  • 1956–1960 (China)
Completed236 (215 in the USSR + 21 in China)
Preserved2
General characteristics
(Project 613)
TypeDiesel-electric attack submarine
Displacement
  • Surfaced: 1,050 tonnes (1,030 long tons)
  • Submerged: 1,340 tonnes (1,320 long tons)
Length76 m (249 ft 4 in)
Beam6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) to 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
Draft4.55 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
Speed
  • Surfaced: 18.25 knots (33.80 km/h)
  • Submerged:13.1 knots (24.3 km/h)
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)
EnduranceSubmerged: 166 h
Complement52
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

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.