Whiskey Class - Project 613 - Production
Some sources claim 256 Whiskey class submarines were built on 9 different shipyards in the Soviet Union. Other sources report the Soviet Union built a total 215 Whiskeys, while China built another 21 built locally from parts provided by the Soviet Union, known as Type 03, for a grand total of 236. VADM Burov, head of the Soviet Defense Ministry's Shipbuilding Institute from 1969-1983, confirms that 215 units built.
| Year | Gorkiy | Nikolayev | Baltic | Komsomolsk | Total |
| 1951 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 1952 | 4 | 5 | - | - | 9 |
| 1953 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 30 | |
| 1954 | 29 | 14 | - | 1 | 44 |
| 1955 | 37 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 67 |
| 1956 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 49 |
| 1957 | - | 9 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 1958 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Total | 113 | 72 | 19 | 11 | 215 |
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