Russian submarine Verkhoturye (K-51)
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K-51 Verkhoturye (Russian: К-51 Верхотурье) is the lead submarine of the Project 667BDRM Delfin class (NATO reporting name: Delta IV) nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines currently in service with the Russian Navy.[1] It was built at the Sevmash shipbuilding company in Severodvinsk between 1981 and 1984 and was commissioned in 1984. It is named after the city of Verkhoturye.
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K-51 before sea trials at Zvyozdochka, 2012 | |
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Soviet Union, Russia | |
Name | K-51 Verkhoturye |
Namesake | Verkhoturye |
Builder | Sevmash, Severodvinsk |
Laid down | 23 February 1981 |
Launched | 7 March 1984 |
Commissioned | 28 December 1984 |
Homeport | Gadzhievo, Northern Fleet |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Delta IV-class ballistic missile submarine |
Displacement | 18,200 tonnes (17,900 long tons; 20,100 short tons) |
Length | 167 m (548 ft) |
Beam | 11.7 m (38 ft) |
Draft | 8.8 m (29 ft) |
Installed power | 2 × VM-4 pressurized water reactor180 MW (240,000 hp) |
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Range | unlimited except by food supplies |
Endurance | 80 days |
Test depth | 550–650 m (1,800–2,130 ft) |
Complement | 135–140 |
Sensors and processing systems | Snoop Tray surface search radar |
Armament | 16 × R-29RM Shtil nuclear ballistic missiles, RPK-7 Veter anti-ship missiles, 4 × 533-mm bow tubes for up to 12 torpedoes |
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