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November class submarine
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The November class is the general NATO reporting name for the first type of nuclear-powered submarine that was put into service by the Soviet Union starting around April 1958. In the Soviet Union, they were produced under Project 627 Kit (Whale). These vessels were only armed with torpedoes, although the basic design was modified to create the Hotel class, which carried nuclear ballistic missiles. Fourteen vessels of this type were built, the first being the K-3 or Leninsky Komsomol (which would become the first Soviet sub to reach the North Pole in 1962, four years after the USS Nautilus). One of these submarines K-8 (Soviet submarine K-8) sank off in Bay of Biscay In April 1970.
A single vessel of this class, Soviet submarine K-27, was modified by Project 645 Кит-ЖМТ to use a pair of liquid metal cooled VT-1 reactors.
It was reported in mid 2006 that the K-60, derelict for some years, had been delivered to Polyarny's Russian Shipyard Number 10 for scrapping.
- Length: 107,4 meters (352.36 feet)
- Beam: 7,9 m (25.91 ft)
- Draft: 5,65 m (18.53 ft)
- Displacement: 3065 tons Surfaced, 4750 tons Submerged
- Propulsion:
- 2 VM-A pressurized water reactors
- 2 propellers
- Crew: 104
- Armament: 8 533mm torpedo tubes
- Speed: 30 knots
- Commissioned: July 12, 1959
- National Geographic: November class accessed March 14, 2004.
- NATO Code Names for Submarines and Ships accessed March 14, 2004.
- Article in Russian Language
- Article in English from FAS
- http://www.bellona.org/articles/last_sub - K-60 arrives for scrapping
| November-class submarine |
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K-3 | K-5 | K-8 | K-52 | K-21 | K-11 | K-181 | K-159 | K-50 (K-60) |
| List of Soviet and Russian submarines List of Soviet and Russian submarine classes |