Soviet submarine K-324

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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.

Contents 1 Construction and Launch 2 Collision 3 Disabled 4 Deactivation 5 References 6 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.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Disabled

On October 31, 1983, USS McCloy snagged K-324^[1] with her towed array 282 miles west of Bermuda, causing damage to the submarine's propeller. The submarine was towed to Cienfuegos, Cuba for repairs by a Soviet salvage ship beginning on November 5.^[2]

[edit] Deactivation

Shortly after the collision, the K-324 was listed as decommissioned. 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.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

• [1] - Listing of Soviet Submarines

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