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Akula class submarine swiming pool1/3/2024 By contrast, the Soviet Typhoons could carry a primary cache of 20 RSM-52 SLBMs (submarine-launched ballistic missiles), each of which contained up to 10 MIRV (multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle) warheads. The Typhoon-class subs were designed to counter the United States Navy’s Ohio-class subs, which were capable of carrying up to 192 100-kiloton nuclear warheads. The sheer size of the submarines was likely welcomed by the approximately 160 sailors who called the submarine home on voyages lasting 120 days or longer, oftentimes without surfacing for months at a time. It even was reported that there was a sauna on board as well as a small swimming pool for the crew. It is worth repeating the boat is more commonly known as the Typhoon-class or by its NATO designation.Įach contained nineteen compartments, including a strengthened module, which housed the main control room as well as an electronic equipment compartment above the main hulls and behind the missile launch tubes. Initially designated the TK-208, she was the lead vessel of the Soviet third-generation Akula-class (Russian for “Shark”), and after a 12-year overhaul and refit that began in 1990, she reentered service in 2002 as the Dmitry Donskoy, named after the Grand Duke of Moscow Dmitry Donskoy (1359–1389), the reputed founder of Moscow. It will await utilization at a naval base in Severodvinsk together with two other units of this project,” Vladimir Maltsev, the head of the Russian Movement for Navy Support, told the Russian state media outlet Tass. “The Dmitry Donskoy submarine cruiser has been decommissioned from the Russian Navy. After almost 40 years in service, she has finally been retired. The Russian Navy’s Project 941 Akula-class (NATO reporting name Typhoon) heavy nuclear ballistic submarine was laid down in June 1976 and commissioned in 1984. The world’s largest nuclear-powered submarine, Dmitry Donskoy (TK-208) has been decommissioned, the Kremlin announced on Monday.
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