Project 971 Shuka-B Bars-class
Akula class
Attack Submarine (Nuclear Powered)
| Specifications | ||
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| Classification: | Podvodnaya Lodka Atomnaya (PLA) Nuclear Powered Submarine |
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| Designer: | G.N. Chernyshev at Malakhit | |
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| Displacement (tons): |
5,700-7,500 tons Surfaced 7,900-8,140 tons Surfaced - Akula II 7,900-9,100 tons Submerged 7,900-12,770 tons Submerged - Akula II |
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| Speed (kts): | 20 knots surfaced 28-35 knots submerged |
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| Operating Depth |
1,475 feet Maximum Safe Depth 1,804 feet Never-Exceed Depth 1,970-2,160 feet Crush depth |
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| Dimensions (m): | 108.0 meters long 111.7 meters long 13.5 meters beam 9.6 meters draft |
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| Propulsion: |
1 190 MW OK-650B pressurized water nuclear reactor 1 OK-7 steam turbine 43,000 shp 2 OK-2 Turbogenerators rated at 2,000kw 1 7 bladed propeller |
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| Endurance | 4,500 full power hours 80 days stores edurance 100 days stores edurance - Akula II |
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| Crew: | 51-62 [25 officers / 26 enlisted] 63 [31 officers / 32 enlisted] - Akula II |
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| Armament: | ||
| Missiles: | 21 total
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| Torpedoes: |
total of 40 weapons
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| Systems: |
(Systema Obnaruzhenya Kilvaternogo Sleda SOKS) | |
| Communications |
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| Sonars | ||
| Countermeasures | ||
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