Russian submarine BS-64

Career (Russia)
Name:	BS-64
Builder:	Northern Engineering Plant (Sevmash), Severodvinsk
Laid down:	18 December 1982
Launched:	2 February 1986
Commissioned:	23 December 1986
Renamed:	Had been K-64 until 2002
Status:	Under refit since 1999
General characteristics (As Delta-IV class)[1]
Class and type:	Delta-class submarine
Displacement:	11,700 tons (surface) 18,200 tons (submerged)
Length:	167 m
Beam:	11.7 m
Draught:	8.8 m
Propulsion:	Two VM4-SG nuclear reactors
Speed:	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) (surface) 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) (submerged)
Endurance:	80 days
Complement:	135 officers and men
Armament:	16 x RSM-54 missiles D-9RM missile system 16 x missile launchers 4 x 533mm torpedo tubes 12 x torpedoes

BS-64 is a Project 667BDRM Delfin-class ballistic missile submarine (NATO reporting name "Delta-IV") of the Russian Navy. She was originally designated K-64.

K-64 was removed from active service in 1999 and was ordered to be refitted. It was planned for her to be reactivated in 2002 to replace the Yankee 'Stretch' class KS-411. KS-411 had been the mothership for the Paltus-class mini submarines, which are believed to be used for a combination of oceanographic research, search and rescue, and underwater intelligence-gathering.^[2] Due to lack of funds was this plan postponed, and the new recommissioning date is unknown. K-64 was renamed BS-64 in 2002, and her central section containing 16 silos for ballistic missiles was removed to create space for the installation of scientific-experimental equipment, cabins for scientists and a rest room for the regular crew. The status of this work is unknown and as of 2008 the ship was still moored in Zvezdochka shipyard awaiting completion.^[3]

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