Soviet submarine K-324

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A Victor III submarine similar to the K-324.

The K-324 was a Soviet Union Victor III Class submarine that was decommissioned in 1981 after a collision. It was assigned to the Northern Fleet, stationed out of St. Peterburg / Leningrad.

1 Construction and Launch
2 Collision
3 Deactivation
4 External Links

[edit] Construction and Launch

The Admiralty yard in St. Petersburg, the main producer of Northern Fleet submarines, produced the K-324 in 1979. It was the 7th vessel of the Komsomolsk line.

[edit] Collision

In 1981, the K-324 collided with an unidentified American submarine of the Los Angeles class in the Peter the Great Bay, not far from Vladivostok. The submarine was heavily damaged, to all reports. The United States government denied any of their submarines were in the area, and no US submarine reported any damage during that time period, but the Soviets reported none of their submarines were in the Bay aside from K-324.

[edit] Deactivation

Shortly after the collision, the K-324 was listed as decomissioned. In 1985 it was activated again and updated with anechoic tiling and a new screw-blade propeller based on sound-quieting designs, but by 1987 was listed as decommissioned again.

[edit] External Links

[1] - Listing of Soviet Submarines

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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