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The Soviet Union ’s Project 949 (Granit) and Project 949A (Antey) Cruise Missile Submarine s are known in the West by their NATO Reporting Name s: the Oscar-I and '''Oscar-II''' classes respectively.

Oscars are the largest attack subs in service as of 2006, being slightly larger than ''Ohio''-class Submarines of the United States Navy , displacing less when surfaced but more when submerged, as they are shorter in length but broader in beam.

Two Oscar-I submarines were built at Severodvinsk and assigned to the Soviet Northern Fleet :

Eleven Oscar-II submarines were built at Severodvinsk .
Five were assigned to the Soviet Northern Fleet :


Six were assigned to the Soviet Pacific Fleet :

One more Oscar-II submarine, K-530 ''Belgorod'' , laid down in July 1992 , is currently under construction in Severodvinsk . Its construction was frozen several times due to lack of funds. Finally, in July 2006, Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Ivanov announced that "...Ministry of Defense does not need ''Belgorod'', therefore, it does not intend to finance its construction." It is not clear whether the submarine is going to be finished and if so, which country is going to pay for it. {Link without Title}

At one stage it had been planned to develop a new fourth-generation follow-on to the Oscar but this plan was later scrapped.
http://www.brtsis.com/oscar.htm


GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


  • Displacement when surfaced: 13,400 tons (Oscar-I), 14,700 tons maximum (Oscar-II)

  • Displacement when submerged: 20,540 tons (Oscar-I), 24,000 tons (Oscar-II)

  • Length: 144 meters (Oscar-I), 155 meters (Oscar-II)

  • Beam: 18.2 meters

  • Draft: 9 meters (Oscar-I) 9.2 meters (Oscar-II)

  • Max depth: Oscar-I - 400 meters regular, 450 critical. Oscar-II - 500 meters regular, 600 critical.

  • Compartments: 10

  • Complement: 48 officers, 68 men (Oscar-I) or 59 men (Oscar-II)

  • Reactor: Two OK-650b pressurised water reactors generating 190 MW each.

  • Propulsion: two shafts, each 49,000 hp

  • Speed (submerged): 30 knots (Oscar-I), 28 knots (Oscar-II)

  • Strategic armament: 24 Granit SS-N-19 Missile s in two banks of 12 tubes mounted outside the pressure hull. Six large doors, hinged on the outside, cover the tubes in pairs on either side of the sail (British: fin).

  • Defensive armament: four 533-mm and two 650-mm bow torpedo tubes


Like other Soviet submarines, the Oscar not only has a bridge open to the elements on top of the sail but, for use in inclement weather, an enclosed bridge forward of this station in the sail.

A distinguishing mark is a slight bulge at the top of the fin. A large door on either side of the fin reaches this bulge. These are wider at the top than on the bottom, and are hinged on the bottom. It is reported in the Federation Of American Scientists ' web page {Link without Title} that this submarine carries an emergency crew escape capsule, and as there is no more likely visible feature, these doors apparently cover it.


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