RFS Pskov (K-336)

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Career

Name:	RFS Pskov
Builder:	Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112
Laid down:	May 1990
Launched:	June 1992
Commissioned:	1993
Fate:	Active in service as of 2008
General characteristics
Class and type:	Sierra-class submarine
Displacement:	7,600 tons (surfaced) 9,100 tons (submerged)
Length:	364.2 ft (111.0 m)
Beam:	46.6 ft (14.2 m)
Propulsion:	1 × PWR, 190 MW 2 × 1002 hp emergency motors 1 shaft, 2 spinners
Speed:	10 knots (18.5 km/h) (surfaced) 32 knots (59.3 km/h) (submerged)
Range:	Unlimited, except by food supplies
Complement:	61
Armament:	4 × 25.6 in (650 mm) torpedo tubes 4 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes • SS-N-21 Sampson SLCM with 200 kT nuclear warhead • SS-N-15 Starfish anti submarine weapon: 200 kT depth charge or 90 kg HE Type 40 torpedo • SS-N-16 Stallion, 200 kT depth charge or 90 kg HE Type 40 torpedo Minelaying configuration: 42 mines instead of torpedoes

Service record
Part of	Russian Northern Fleet

The RFS Pskov (Псков in Russian) is an attack submarine of the Russian Navy. She is named after the Russian city Pskov.

[edit] History

This ship originally named Okun (Perch) was laid down as the last Sierra-II class submarine in 1990 at the Krasnoye Soromovo factory in Nizhny Novgorod. After the hull was launched in 1992, it was towed to the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk for completion and sea trials.

The boat was commissioned in 1993, serving in the Russian Northern Fleet and based in Ara Bay, Vidyaevo.

On March 5, 2003, the Pskov was being overhauled in a dry dock in Roslyakovo. The wood scaffolding surrounding the hull was ignited by the welding work that was done to the ship, and a fire broke out. After 90 minutes, the fire was put out, and the Pskov's outer soundproofing rubber coating was damaged. There were no casualties or radiation leakage. The submarine is believed to be operational since early 2007.