K-45 nuclear powered cruise missile submarines (project 659) (1961 - 1963)

K-45 1961

K-45 1970

K-151 1989

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
К-45 [K-45]		140	199 Yd, Komsomolsk-on-Amur	22.12.1958	12.5.1960	28.6.1961	stricken 5.1989
К-59 [K-59], 7.1977- К-259 [K-259]		141	199 Yd, Komsomolsk-on-Amur	30.9.1959	25.9.1960	16.12.1961	stricken 3.1989
К-66 [K-66]		142	199 Yd, Komsomolsk-on-Amur	26.3.1960	30.7.1961	30.6.1962	stricken 10.1986
К-122 [K-122]		143	199 Yd, Komsomolsk-on-Amur	21.1.1961	17.9.1961	30.9.1962	stricken 10.1985
К-151 [K-151]		144	199 Yd, Komsomolsk-on-Amur	21.4.1962	30.9.1962	28.7.1963	stricken 5.1989
К-30 [K-30]		145	199 Yd, Komsomolsk-on-Amur	1962	---	---	cancelled 5.1962

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	3731 / 4920
Length, m	111.2
Breadth, m	9.20
Draught, m	7.10
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VM-A nuclear reactors, 2 GTZA-601 geared steam turbines units
Power, h. p.	35000
Max speed, kts	15.1 / 26
Fuel, t	nuclear
Endurance, nm(kts)	practically unlimited
Armament	6 x 1 P-5 CruM (6 P-5), 4 - 533 TT (bow, 12), 4 - 400 TT (2 bow, 2 stern, 4)
Electronic equipment	RLK-101 Albatros radar, MG-200 Arktika, Plutoniy, MG-10 Kola, Svet-M, MG-13 sonars, Nakat ECM suite
Complement	104
Diving depth operational, m	240

Project history: This design used the same 'HEN' powerplant as the Project 658. Like them, it carried the new 40cm anti-escort torpedo. These ships were designed for strategic attack; they could not accommodate the guidance radar needed to target P-5 missiles against ships.

Modernizations: 1962, all: - 6 x 1 P-5 CruM; + 6 x 1 P-5D CruM

1968, K-45, K-122; 1970, K-59; 1973, K-66; 1976, K-151 - under Project 659T: - 6 x 1 P-5D CruM, torpedo stowage was increased to 20 533mm and 12 400mm; 3650/4709t, 111.2x9.20x6.20m, 15.1/24kts, compl. 98

Naval service: No significant events.

Project 659T 1978

SOVIET / RUSSIAN NAVY (USSR / RUSSIA)

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