Yankee-class submarine

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Yankee class SSBN profile
A Yankee I-class submarine underway
Class overview
NameYankee class
BuildersSeverodvinsk and Komsomolsk
Operators Soviet Navy
Preceded byHotel class
Succeeded byDelta class
Built1964–1974
In commission1967–1995
Completed34
Lost1
Retired33
General characteristics
TypeBallistic missile submarine
Displacement
  • 7,700 tons surfaced
  • 9,300 tons submerged
Length132 m (433 ft 1 in)
Beam11.6 m (38 ft 1 in)
Draught8 m (26 ft 3 in)
Propulsiontwo pressurized water cooled reactors powering four steam turbines driving two shafts.
Speed
  • Surfaced: 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
  • Submerged: 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
RangeUnlimited
Complement120
Armament
  • Yankee I/II: 4 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes
  • 2 × 400 mm (16 in) torpedo tubes
  • Yankee I: 16 ×
    SLBMs
  • Yankee II: 12 × R-31 (SS-N-17 Snipe) SLBMs

The Yankee class, Soviet designations Project 667A Navaga (navaga) and Project 667AU Nalim (burbot) for the basic Yankee-I, were a family of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines built in the Soviet Union for the Soviet Navy. In total, 34 units were built: 24 in Severodvinsk for the Northern Fleet and the remaining 10 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur for the Pacific Fleet. Two Northern Fleet units were later transferred to the Pacific.

The Yankee-class were subject to a wide variety of modifications; these ships have a different designation to the original model.

Design

The Yankee-class

nuclear deterrents during the Cold War, and their ballistic missiles had ranges from 1,500–2,500 nautical miles
(2,800–4,600 km; 1,700–2,900 mi).

General characteristics (Yankee I)

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  • Length: 128 m (419 ft 11 in)
  • Beam: 11.7 m (38 ft 5 in)
  • Draught: 9 m (29 ft 6 in)
  • Surface displacement: 7,760 tonnes
  • Full (Diving) displacement: 11,500 tonnes
  • Speed: 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
  • Power plant: 2
    VM-4 reactors
  • Hull: Low magnetic steel
  • Crew: 114
  • Compartments: 10
  • Armament:

Operational history

K-219 damaged

The Yankee-class SSBNs served in the

US Pacific coast. This forward deployment of the SSBNs was seen to balance the presence of American, British, and French nuclear weapons kept in Western Europe and on warships (including nuclear submarines) in the surrounding Atlantic Ocean, including the Mediterranean Sea
and the Eastern Atlantic.

The lead boat

controversial
.

At least one other boat in this class was involved in a collision with a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine.[citation needed]

Because of their

decommissioned and sent to the nuclear ship scrapyards
.

Variants

There were eight different versions of the Yankee-class submarines:

Yankee-class submarines[2]
First entered service NATO reporting name Project name and number Image Class Main payload Numbers built Notes
1967 Yankee-I 667А "Навага" SSBN 16 ×
Р-27 Зыбь
 34 Baseline; first Soviet sub to carry SLBMs in hull, as opposed to the sail. Some were later disarmed and operated as SSNs; sometimes classed as SSNX
1975 Improved Yankee-I 667АУ "Налим" SSBN 16 ×
Р-27У
 13 converted У/U for Improved (Russian: Улучшен; Uluchshen)
1977 Yankee-II 667АМ "Навага-М" SSBN 12 × Р-31 1 converted First Soviet sub to carry
aircraft carrier battle groups
1987 Yankee Notch 667АТ "Груша"
SSGN/SSN
 32-40 × РК-55 Гранат (SS-N-21 Sampson) 3 converted + 4 unfinished Lengthened by 12 metres (39 ft 4 in) to 141.5 m (464 ft 3 in); 8 more torpedo tubes in waist
1989 (program cancelled) Yankee Sidecar 667М "Андромеда" SSGN 12 × П-750 Метеорит (SS-NX-24 Scorpion) 1 converted Delivered as an attack sub due to missile program cancellation. 153 m (502 ft 0 in) long, 13,650 tons full displacement
1984 Yankee Pod 667АК "Аксон-1" SSAN Towed array sonar, pod, other sensor systems 1 converted K-403 Kazan. The tailfin-pod is similar to those of the Щука- and Щука-Б SSNs
1996 Yankee Big Nose 09780 "Аксон-2" SSAN Towed array sonar, Irtysh-Amphora spherical sonar array 1 converted + 1 unfinished (K-415) Further modified K-403 Kazan. Tail now resembles those of the
lead boat of the Yasen class
1991 Yankee Stretch 09774/667АН "Research" submarine Палтус-class midget submarine 1 converted (K-411) 160 m (524 ft 11 in) long. Stated to be an
oceanographic vessel, but believed to be a spy sub similar to USS Jimmy Carter

In addition, Soviet/Russian classification includes the Delta-class submarines within the same family of Project 667; Deltas being Project 667B onward.

Further information: Delta-class submarine

Units

Yankee class — significant dates
# Project Shipyard Laid down Launched Commissioned Status
K-137 667A, 667AU SEVMASH, Severodvinsk 4 November 1964 11 September 1966 6 November 1967 Decommissioned 3 April 1994 for scrapping[3]
K-140 667A, 667AM SEVMASH, Severodvinsk 19 September 1965 23 August 1967 30 December 1967 Decommissioned 19 April 1990 for scrapping[3]
K-26 667A SEVMASH, Severodvinsk 30 December 1965 23 December 1967 3 September 1968 Decommissioned 17 July 1988 for scrapping[3]
K-32 667A SEVMASH, Severodvinsk 25 February 1966 25 April 1968 26 October 1968 Decommissioned 19 April 1990 for scrapping[3]
K-216 667A SEVMASH, Severodvinsk 6 June 1966 6 August 1968 27 December 1968 Decommissioned 1985 for scrapping[3]
K-207 667A SEVMASH, Severodvinsk 4 November 1966 20 September 1968 30 May 1968 Decommissioned 30 May 1989 for scrapping[3]
K-210 667A SEVMASH, Severodvinsk 16 December 1966 29 December 1968 6 August 1969 Decommissioned 17 July 1988 for scrapping[3]
K-249 667A SEVMASH, Severodvinsk 18 March 1967 30 March 1969 27 September 1969 Decommissioned 17 July 1988 for scrapping[3]
K-253 667A, 667AT SEVMASH, Severodvinsk 26 June 1967 5 June 1969 28 November 1969 Decommissioned for scrapping[3]
K-395 667A, 667AT SEVMASH, Severodvinsk 8 September 1967 28 July 1969 5 December 1969 Decommissioned for scrapping[3]
K-339 667A Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard, Komsomolsk 23 February 1968 23 June 1969 24 December 1969 Decommissioned 19 April 1990 for scrapping[3]
K-408 667A, 667AT SEVMASH, Severodvinsk 20 January 1968 10 September 1969 25 December 1969 Decommissioned 17 July 1988 for scrapping[3]
K-411 667A, 667AN SEVMASH, Severodvinsk 25 May 1968 16 January 1970 31 August 1970 Decommissioned for scrapping[3]
K-418 667A SEVMASH, Severodvinsk 29 June 1968 14 March 1970 22 September 1970 Decommissioned 17 March 1989 for scrapping[3]
K-420 667A, 667M SEVMASH, Severodvinsk 12 October 1968 25 April 1970 29 October 1970 Decommissioned for scrapping[3]
K-423 667A, 667AT SEVMASH, Severodvinsk 13 January 1969 7 April 1970 13 November 1970 Decommissioned for scrapping[3]
K-434 667AU Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard, Komsomolsk 23 February 1969 29 May 1970 30 November 1970 Decommissioned 17 March 1989 for scrapping[3]
K-426 667A SEVMASH, Severodvinsk 17 April 1969 28 August 1970 22 December 1970 Decommissioned 19 April 1990 for scrapping[3]
K-236 667AU Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard, Komsomolsk 6 November 1969 4 August 1970 27 December 1970 Decommissioned 1 September 1990 for scrapping[3]
K-415 667A, 667AK-2 SEVMASH, Severodvinsk 4 July 1969 26 September 1970 30 December 1970 Decommissioned 6 August 1987 for scrapping[3]
K-403 667A, 667AK-1 SEVMASH, Severodvinsk 18 August 1969 25 March 1971 12 August 1971[3] Decommissioned for scrapping
K-389 667A Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard, Komsomolsk 26 July 1970 27 June 1971 25 November 1971 Decommissioned 19 April 1990 for scrapping [3]
K-245 667AU SEVMASH, Severodvinsk 16 October 1969 9 August 1971 16 December 1971 Decommissioned 14 March 1992 for scrapping[3]
K-219 667AU SEVMASH, Severodvinsk 28 May 1970 8 October 1971 31 December 1971[3] Lost 3 October 1986
K-252 667A Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard, Komsomolsk 25 December 1970 12 September 1971 31 December 1971 Decommissioned 17 March 1989 for scrapping [3]
K-214 667AU SEVMASH, Severodvinsk 19 February 1970 1 September 1971 8 February 1972 Decommissioned 24 June 1991 for scrapping [3]
K-228 667AU SEVMASH, Severodvinsk 4 September 1970 3 May 1972 30 September 1972 Decommissioned 3 September 1994 for scrapping [3]
K-258 667AU Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard, Komsomolsk 30 March 1971 26 May 1972 30 September 1972 Decommissioned 16 June 1991 for scrapping [3]
K-241 667AU SEVMASH, Severodvinsk 24 December 1970 9 June 1972 23 October 1972 Decommissioned 16 June 1992 for scrapping [3]
K-444 667AU SEVMASH, Severodvinsk 8 April 1971 1 August 1972 23 December 1972 Decommissioned 30 September 1994 for scrapping [3]
K-446 667AU Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard, Komsomolsk 7 November 1971 8 August 1972 22 January 1973 Decommissioned 17 March 1993 for scrapping [3]
K-451 667AU SEVMASH, Severodvinsk 23 February 1972 29 April 1973 7 September 1971 Decommissioned 16 June 1991 for scrapping [3]
K-436 667AU Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard, Komsomolsk 7 November 1972 25 July 1973 5 December 1973 Decommissioned 14 March 1992 for scrapping [3]
K-430 667AU Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard, Komsomolsk 27 July 1973 28 July 1974 25 December 1974 Decommissioned 12 January 1995 for scrapping [3]

References

  1. ^ "Title unknown". The Royal Gazette. Archived from the original on 29 March 2006.
  2. ^ "Deepstorm.ru". Deep Storm. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  3. ^
    ISBN 5-8172-0069-4
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