Submarine Cargo Vessel

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Career


Ordered	N/A
Laid down	N/A
Launched	N/A
Commissioned	N/A
General characteristics
Length	175 m (574.15 ft)
Beam	23 m (74.5 ft)
Draft	12 m (39.37 ft)
Displacement	N/A
Cargo capacity	Up to 15,000 tonnes
Propulsion	2 pressurized-water nuclear reactors 2 propellers
Complement	163 men (original Typhoon)
Armament	None, missile launchers replaced with cargo holds
Speed	Surfaced: 2-3 knots (with solid ice cover up to 2.6 m) Submerged: 16-18 knots (about 31 km/h)
Maximum Depth	400 m (original Typhoon)

The Submarine Cargo Vessel (Russian: Подводное транспортное судно) is a proposed idea from the Russian Rubin Design Bureau. The idea is to utilise decommissioned SSBNs (nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine) from the Russian Navy to carry cargo under the Arctic Ocean. The reason for this solution is that it would be considerably cheaper than designing and producing an entirely new type of submarine.

The basis for the project is a Project 941 Typhoon class submarine, which was designed by Rubin in 1976. It would have its ballistic missile launchers removed and replaced with cargo holds.