Project 945 Sierra class
Attack Submarine (Nuclear Powered)
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Unit | Shipyard | Fleet | Chronology | Notes | ||||||
# | number | Name | Laid Down | Launched | Comm. | Stricken * | ||||
Project 945 ("Barrakuda" type), NATO code "Sierra I" | ||||||||||
1 | K-239 | Karp ex-Tula ex- | KS/SV | NOR | 08/05/1982 | 07/29/1983 | 09/21/1984 | 2015 ? 2040 - ? 2050 | 02/11/1992 collided SSN-689 1997 in reserve pending refuelling not expected to return to service 2007 in reserve 2013: return to service by 2017 2018: under repair 2018: return to service by 2020 2018: modernization suspended in 2015 | |
2 | K-276 | Kostroma ex-Krab | KS/SV | NOR | 04/**/1984 | 06/**/1986 | 06/**/1987 | 2015 ? 2045 - ? 2055 | 1997 - decommissioned due to a lack of funding for overhaul 2013: return to service by 2017 2018: to enter repair in 2020 2018: return to service by 2025 2018: modernization suspended in 2015 | |
Project 945A ("Kondor" type), NATO code "Sierra II" | ||||||||||
1 | K-534 | Pskov | NN/SV | NOR | 06/**/1988 | 05/**/1990 | **/**/1992 | ? 2022 - ? 2032 | (ex-Zubatka) 2007 - active | |
2 | K-336 | Nizhny Novgorod (ex-Okun) | NN/SV | NOR | 05/**/1990 | 06/**/1992 | 08/12/1993 | ? 2023 - ? 2034 | hull # possibly K-239 2003 : shipyard fire 2007 - active 2012 : overhauled 2016 : returned to active duty | |
Project 945B ("Mars" type), NATO code "Sierra III?" | ||||||||||
3 | K-123 | Mars | NN/SV | 05/**/1989 | 07/**/1992 | ? cancelled possibly 945B | ||||
NN/SV | cancelled | |||||||||
NN/SV | cancelled | |||||||||
Predictions are difficult, especially when it comes to the future
The time spent in reserve probably should not count against total life expectancy.
A plausible fleet management ideology would see the pair of Barrakuda boats |
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