The Yankee class , Soviet designations Project 667A Navaga (navaga ) and Project 667AU Nalim (burbot ) for the basic Yankee -I , were a family of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines built in the Soviet Union for the Soviet Navy . In total, 34 units were built: 24 in Severodvinsk for the Northern Fleet and the remaining 10 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur for the Pacific Fleet . Two Northern Fleet units were later transferred to the Pacific.
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Yankee class SSBN profile
A Yankee I submarine underway.
Class overview
Name Yankee class
Builders Severodvinsk and Komsomolsk
Operators Soviet Navy
Preceded by Hotel class
Succeeded by Delta class
Built 1964–1974
In commission 1967–1995
Completed 34
Lost 1
Retired 33
General characteristics
Type Ballistic missile submarine
Displacement
7,700 tons Surfaced
9,300 tons submerged
Length 132 m (433 ft)
Beam 11.6 m (38 ft)
Draught 8 m (26 ft)
Propulsion two pressurized water cooled reactors powering four steam turbines driving two shafts.
Speed
Surfaced: 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Submerged: 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range unlimited
Complement 120
Armament
Yankee I/II:4 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes
2 × 400 mm (16 in) torpedo tubes
Yankee I: 16 × R-27 (SS-N-6 Serb) SLBMs
Yankee II: 12 × R-31 (SS-N-17 Snipe) SLBMs.
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The Yankee -class were subject to a wide variety of modifications ; these ships have a different designation to the original model.
The Yankee-class nuclear submarines were the first class of Soviet ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) to have thermonuclear firepower comparable with that of their American and British Polaris submarine counterparts. The Yankee class were quieter in the ocean than were their Hotel-class predecessors, and had better streamlining that improved their underwater performance. The Yankee class were actually quite similar to the Polaris submarines of the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy . These boats were all armed with 16 submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) with multiple nuclear warheads as nuclear deterrents during the Cold War , and their ballistic missiles had ranges from 1,500–2,500 nautical miles (2,800–4,600 km; 1,700–2,900 mi) .
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Length: 128 m (420 ft)
Beam: 11.7 m (38 ft)
Draught: 9 m (30 ft)
Surface displacement: 7,760 tonnes
Full (Diving) displacement: 11,500 tonnes
Speed: 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Power plant: 2 VM-4 reactors
Hull: Low magnetic steel
Crew: 114
Compartments: 10
Armament:
K-219 damaged
The Yankee-class SSBNs served in the Soviet Navy in three oceans: the Atlantic Ocean , the Pacific Ocean , and the Arctic Ocean beginning in the 1960s. During the 1970s about three Yankee-class were continually on patrol in a so-called "patrol box" in the Atlantic Ocean just east of Bermuda [1] and off the US Pacific coast . This forward deployment of the SSBNs was seen to balance the presence of American, British, and French nuclear weapons kept in Western Europe and on warships (including nuclear submarines) in the surrounding Atlantic Ocean, including the Mediterranean Sea and the Eastern Atlantic .
The lead boat K-137 Leninets received its honorific name on 11 April 1970, two and one half years after being commissioned.
One Yankee-class submarine, K-219 , was lost on 6 October 1986 after an explosion and fire on board. This boat had been at sea near Bermuda, and she sank from loss of buoyancy because of flooding. Four of her sailors died before rescue ships arrived. The events surrounding the loss of this boat has continued to be controversial .
At least one other boat in this class was involved in a collision with a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine.[ citation needed ]
Because of their increasing age , and as negotiated in the SALT I , START I and START II treaties that reduce nuclear armaments of the United States and the Soviet Union, all boats of Yankee class were disarmed, decommissioned and sent to the nuclear ship scrapyards .
There were eight different versions of the Yankee -class submarines:
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Yankee -class submarines in life
Yankee Notch
Yankee II
Yankee Big Nose
In addition, Soviet/Russian classification includes the Delta -class submarines within the same family of Project 667; Deltas being Project 667B onwards.
Units
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Yankee class — significant dates
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Project
Shipyard
Laid down
Launched
Commissioned
Status
K-137
667A, 667AU
SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
November 4, 1964
September 11, 1966
November 6, 1967
Decommissioned April 3, 1994 for scrapping[3]
K-140
667A, 667AM
SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
September 19, 1965
August 23, 1967
December 30, 1967
Decommissioned April 19, 1990 for scrapping[3]
K-26
667A
SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
December 30, 1965
December 23, 1967
September 3, 1968
Decommissioned July 17, 1988 for scrapping[3]
K-32
667A
SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
February 25, 1966
April 25, 1968
October 26, 1968
Decommissioned April 19, 1990 for scrapping[3]
K-216
667A
SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
June 6, 1966
August 6, 1968
December 27, 1968
Decommissioned 1985 for scrapping[3]
K-207
667A
SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
November 4, 1966
September 20, 1968
May 30, 1968
Decommissioned May 30, 1989 for scrapping[3]
K-210
667A
SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
December 16, 1966
December 29, 1968
August 6, 1969
Decommissioned July 17, 1988 for scrapping[3]
K-249
667A
SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
March 18, 1967
March 30, 1969
September 27, 1969
Decommissioned July 17, 1988 for scrapping[3]
K-253
667A, 667AT
SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
June 26, 1967
June 5, 1969
November 28, 1969
Decommissioned for scrapping[3]
K-395
667A, 667AT
SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
September 8, 1967
July 28, 1969
December 5, 1969
Decommissioned for scrapping[3]
K-339
667A
Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard, Komsomolsk
February 23, 1968
June 23, 1969
December 24, 1969
Decommissioned April 19, 1990 for scrapping[3]
K-408
667A, 667AT
SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
January 20, 1968
September 10, 1969
December 25, 1969
Decommissioned July 17, 1988 for scrapping[3]
K-411
667A, 667AN
SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
May 25, 1968
January 16, 1970
August 31, 1970
Decommissioned for scrapping[3]
K-418
667A
SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
June 29, 1968
March 14, 1970
September 22, 1970
Decommissioned March 17, 1989 for scrapping[3]
K-420
667A, 667M
SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
October 12, 1968
April 25, 1970
October 29, 1970
Decommissioned for scrapping[3]
K-423
667A, 667AT
SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
January 13, 1969
April 7, 1970
November 13, 1970
Decommissioned for scrapping[3]
K-434
667AU
Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard, Komsomolsk
February 23, 1969
May 29, 1970
November 30, 1970
Decommissioned March 17, 1989 for scrapping[3]
K-426
667A
SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
April 17, 1969
August 28, 1970
December 22, 1970
Decommissioned April 19, 1990 for scrapping[3]
K-236
667AU
Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard, Komsomolsk
November 6, 1969
August 4, 1970
December 27, 1970
Decommissioned September 1, 1990 for scrapping[3]
K-415
667A, 667AK-2
SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
July 4, 1969
September 26, 1970
December 30, 1970
Decommissioned August 6, 1987 for scrapping[3]
K-403
667A, 667AK-1
SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
August 18, 1969
March 25, 1971
August 12, 1971[3]
Decommissioned – Scrapping underway in 2010 [4] [ failed verification ]
K-389
667A
Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard, Komsomolsk
July 26, 1970
June 27, 1971
November 25, 1971
Decommissioned April 19, 1990 for scrapping [3]
K-245
667AU
SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
October 16, 1969
August 9, 1971
December 16, 1971
Decommissioned March 14, 1992 for scrapping[3]
K-219
667AU
SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
May 28, 1970
October 8, 1971
December 31, 1971[3]
Lost October 3, 1986
K-252
667A
Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard, Komsomolsk
December 25, 1970
September 12, 1971
December 31, 1971
Decommissioned March 17, 1989 for scrapping [3]
K-214
667AU
SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
February 19, 1970
September 1, 1971
February 8, 1972
Decommissioned June 24, 1991 for scrapping [3]
K-228
667AU
SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
September 4, 1970
May 3, 1972
September 30, 1972
Decommissioned September 3, 1994 for scrapping [3]
K-258
667AU
Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard, Komsomolsk
March 30, 1971
May 26, 1972
September 30, 1972
Decommissioned June 16, 1991 for scrapping [3]
K-241
667AU
SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
December 24, 1970
June 9, 1972
October 23, 1972
Decommissioned June 16, 1992 for scrapping [3]
K-444
667AU
SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
April 8, 1971
August 1, 1972
December 23, 1972
Decommissioned September 30, 1994 for scrapping [3]
K-446
667AU
Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard, Komsomolsk
November 7, 1971
August 8, 1972
January 22, 1973
Decommissioned March 17, 1993 for scrapping [3]
K-451
667AU
SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
February 23, 1972
April 29, 1973
September 7, 1971
Decommissioned June 16, 1991 for scrapping [3]
K-436
667AU
Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard, Komsomolsk
November 7, 1972
July 25, 1973
December 5, 1973
Decommissioned March 14, 1992 for scrapping [3]
K-430
667AU
Leninskiy Komsomol Shipyard, Komsomolsk
July 27, 1973
July 28, 1974
December 25, 1974
Decommissioned January 12, 1995 for scrapping [3]
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References
Korabli VMF SSSR, Vol. 1, Part 1, Yu. Apalkov, Sankt Peterburg, 2003, ISBN 5-8172-0069-4