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Soviet Submarine K-173




Builder:
Sevmashpredpriatie, Severodvinsk, Russia

Dimensions:
505' 2" x 59' 7" x 29' 5" / 154.00m x 18.20m x 9.00m

Displacement:
13400 tons surfaced / 18000 tons dived

Complement:
130

Armament:
All boats:-
4 x 21" bow torpedo tubes
4 x 25.6" bow tubes

A maximum of 28 torpedoes can be carried, usually Type 65 weapons, and SS-N-16 Stallion antisubmarine missiles can be carried , one per torpedo space. In addition, 24 SS-N-19 Shipwreck / Granit SLCM are carried in separate launch tubes.

Powerplant:
Two OK-650B pressurized water reactors totaling 340MW are carried, along with two OK-9 steam turbines producing a total of 98000shp and driving two shafts.

Maximum speed is 20kts surfaced and 28kts submerged.

Electronics Fit:
Radar:
Tobol surface search

Sonar:
MGK-540
Skat 3

Other:
Medveditsa 949M navigation
Tsunami space communications

Miscellaneous:
Maximum diving depth is believed to be 1600'.