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Krasnodar ('Oscar-II') class
(Project 949A, Antey-II)

Displacement: 24,000 tons submerged
Dimensions: 155 x 18.2 x 9.2 meters/508.5 x 59.7 x 30.2 feet
Propulsion: Steam turbines, 2 OK-650B reactors, 2 shafts, 98,000 shp, 32 knots
Crew: 107

Armament: 24 P-700/SS-N-19 Granit/Shipwreck SSM, 4  x 533mm (21 inch)  torpedo tubes and 2 x 650mm  (26 inch) torpedo tubes (28 torpedoes and/or RU-100/SS-N-16 Veter/Stallion ASROC  and/or SS-N-15 Tsakra/Starfish ASROC)
Mines: 32 can be carried
Countermeasures: ESM: Rim Hat; intercept
Weapons control: Punch Bowl for third party targeting
Radars: Surface search: Snoop Pair or Snoop Half; I-band
Sonars: Shark Gill; hull-mounted; passive/active search and attack; low/medium frequency.
Shark Rib flank array; passive; low frequency.
Mouse Roar; hull-mounted; active attack; high frequency.
Pelamida towed array; passive search; very low frequency.

Concept/Program: Very large guided-missile submarines; an enlarged version of the 'Oscar-I' design. Intended for strikes against US surface forces, especially carriers. The Pacific Fleet units of this class remain relatively active and routinely deploy.

Classification: Atomnie Podvodnie Kreysery 1 Ranga (APKR); 1st Class Nuclear Powered Submarine Cruiser.

Builders: Sevmashpredpriyatiye, Severodvinshk.

Some of this information is an excerpt from the excellent Naval History Site http://www.hazegray.org/


USA Code Name SS-N-19
Nato Code Name Shipwreck
Design Bureau Chelomey
Russian Designation P-700 Granit
Range 450 Km
Propulsion Liquid Turbojet
Guidance Active Radar+ Data Link
Speed Supersonic - Mach 1.7
In-service: Yes - Oscar Class Submarines - Kirov Missile Cruisers
Notes: Radar guided ship launched anti ship (Large)

USA Code Name SS-N-16A - Torpedo Warhead
SS-N-16B - Nuclear Depth Charge
Nato Code Name Stallion
Russian Designation RU-100 Veder ( Torpedo Warhead - Type 40)
RU-100 Vodopod ( Nuclear Depth Charge - 200kT)
Design Bureau Novator
Range 100 Km
Propulsion Solid Rocket
Speed N/A
In-service: Yes
Notes: Sub launched anti Sub Torpedo- requires a large 650mm launch tube
USA Code Name SS-N-15
Nato Code Name Starfish
Russian Designation Tsakra
Range 45 Km
Design Bureau Novator
Propulsion Solid Rocket
Speed Subsonic
In-service: Yes
Notes: Sub Launched Anti Sub like USA SUBROC - Nuclear Warhead

Jane's has done a short commentary on the state of the Russian Navy - It was written before the Kursk disaster.


 

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