Soviet submarine K-314

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General Characteristics
Displacement:	3500 tons surfaced, 4750 tons submerged
Length:	94.3 m
Beam:	10 m
Draught:	7.3 m
Propulsion:	One OK-300 pressurised water reactor with a VM-4 type reactor core generating 75 MWt (31 000 hp).
Speed:	24 knots
Depth:	350 m
Complement:	94 officers and men
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K-314 was a Project 671 Ерш (Yersh, meaning scorpionfish; also known by its NATO reporting name of "Victor-I" class) nuclear submarine of the Soviet Navy.

On 21 March 1984, K-314 collided with the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) in the Sea of Japan. Neither ship was significantly damaged.

On 10 August 1985, while being refueled at the Chazhma Bay naval yard outside Vladivostok, K-314 suffered an uncontrolled criticality event when the reactor lid was raised, incorrectly removing the reactor's control rods. The resulting explosion killed ten shipyard workers and released large amounts of radioactive material, contaminating an area 6km (3.6 miles) in length on the Shotovo Peninsula and the sea outside the naval yard.

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Victor-class submarine

Project 671, 671 V, 671 K — Yersh — Victor-I

Northern Fleet

K-38 | B-369 (ex-K-69) | K-147 | K-53 | K-306 | K-323 | K-370 | K-438 | K-367 | K-314 | K-398 | K-454 | K-462 | K-469 | K-481

Project 671 RT — Victor-II

Northern Fleet

K-387 | K-371 | K-476 | K-513 | K-517 | K-488 | K-495 |

Project 671 RTM — Shuka — Victor-III

Northern Fleet

K-138 | K-292 | K-324 | K-388 | K-327 | K-218 | K-254 | K-298 | K-502 | K-244 | K-255 | K-299 | K-358 | K-114 | K-448 | K-524