Russian submarine K-284 Akula
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| Career |
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| Name: |
Akula |
| Builder: |
Amur Shipyard |
| Laid down: |
6 November 1983 |
| Launched: |
16 June 1984 |
| Commissioned: |
30 December 1984 |
| Decommissioned: |
2001 |
| General characteristics |
| Class and type: | Attack nuclear submarine |
| Type: | Project 971U Schuka-B ("Akula-II") |
| Displacement: | 8,140 tonnes surfaced, 12,770 tonnes submerged |
| Length: | 114.3 meters |
| Beam: | 13.6 meters |
| Draught: | 9.7 meters |
| Propulsion: | one 190MWt OK-650 V reactor |
| Speed: | 24 knots |
| Complement: | 73 officers and men |
K-284 Akula was the lead ship in the Soviet submarine class Project 971 Щука-Б (Shchuka-B, 'Shchuka' meaning pike, NATO reporting name "Akula").
The ship was laid down in 6 November 1983 and was commissioned in the Pacific Fleet on 30 December 1984. The submarine was 12-15 dB quieter than the previous generation of Soviet submarines. K-284 served in the Soviet Fleet until the collapse of the Soviet union in 1991 and then continued to serve in the Russian navy. The submarine was decommissioned in 2001.
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| | Akula |
- K-263 Barnaul
- K-284 Akula
- K-317 Pantera
- K-322 Cachalot
- K-331 Magadan
- K-391 Bratsk
- K-480 Ak Bars
- K-461 Volk
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| | Improved Akula |
- K-154 Tigr
- K-328 Leopard
- K-419 Kuzbass
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| | Akula II |
- K-152 Nerpa
- K-157 Vepr
- K-295 Samara
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| | Akula III |
- K-333 Ryys (cancelled)
- K-335 Gepard
- K-337 Kuguar (cancelled)
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