Kashalot-class submarine

Soviet submarine class

Class overview

Name	Kashalot
Builders	Soviet Union
Operators	Soviet Navy Russian Navy
Built	1977–1991
In service	1986–present
Planned	3
Completed	2
Cancelled	1
Active	2
General characteristics
Displacement	1,390 tons normal surfaced/1,580 tons submerged
Length	69 m (226 ft 5 in)
Beam	7 m (23 ft 0 in)
Draft	5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	One pressurized-water nuclear reactor 1.5 MW (2,000 hp), 1 sets steam turbines; 10,000 shp (7,500 kW)
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) submerged
Complement	About 36
Sensors and processing systems	Radar: 1 Snoop Slab search Sonar: HF active

The Kashalot-class submarine (NATO reporting name: Uniform), Soviet designation Project 1910, is a class of research and special operations submarine constructed by the Soviet Union during the late 1970s and early 1980s.^[1]

Two boats of the class were constructed, AS-13 and AS-15, with the first boat of the class being laid down in 1977 and commissioned in 1986, the second being laid down in 1983 but not commissioned until 1991. A third class boat, AS-12, reached the fitting-out stage before being cancelled in 1998.^[1]

Displacing 1,580 tons submerged, the Kashalot class was constructed using a single titanium hull design, and is powered by a nuclear reactor; they were the first Soviet nuclear-powered submarines to have a single hull. The boats each have a crew of 36 officers and men.^[1] AS-13 and AS-15 were reported active as of 2016.^[2]

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c Wertheim 2007, p.610.
^ Sutton, H.I. (14 July 2016). "Project 1910 Uniform class". Covert Shores.

Bibliography

Wertheim, Eric (2007). Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft and Systems (15th ed.). Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-955-2. Retrieved 2013-07-31.