Soviet submarine K-239

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Name: K-239 Carp
Builder: Gorky, later towed to Severodvinsk for completion
Launched: July 1986
Commissioned: September 1987
Fate: Active in service as of 2008
General characteristics
Class and type: Sierra-class submarine
Displacement: 7,200 tons (surfaced)
8,100 tons (submerged)
Length: 351 ft (107 m)
Beam: 41 ft (12 m)
Propulsion: 1 × PWR, 190 MW
2 × 1002 hp emergency motors
1 shaft, 2 spinners
Speed: 10 knots (18.5 km/h) (surfaced)
34 knots (63.0 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

K-239 Carp (Russian: Карп) is a Russian Sierra class submarine built at Gorky and was later towed to Severodvinsk for completion. She was launched in July 1986 and was commissioned in September 1987.

K-239 has remained in a drydock since its February 11, 1992 collision with USS Baton Rouge (SSN-689).[1] (page 20)

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Sierra-class submarine

Projekt 945 Barrakuda ("Sierra I")
K-239 Tula (ex-Karp) | K-276 Krab

Projekt 945A Kondor ("Sierra II")
K-534 Pskov | K-336 Nizhny Novgorod (ex-Okun) | K-123 Mars

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