Russian submarine Arkhangelsk (K-525)
Oscar I-class submarine in 1987, either Arkhangelsk or Murmansk | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| → Soviet Union → Russia | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Arkhangelsk |
| Builder | Sevmash |
| Laid down | 25 July 1975 |
| Launched | 3 May 1980 |
| Commissioned | 30 December 1980 |
| In service | 24 January 1981 |
| Out of service | 1996 |
| Fate | Scrapped from January 2004 to February 2005 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Oscar-class submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 122 m (400 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 18.2 m (59 ft 9 in) |
| Draft | 9 m (29 ft 6 in) |
| Installed power | 2 × nuclear reactors |
| Propulsion | 2 × steam turbines; 2 × shafts |
| Speed | |
| Test depth | 600 m (1,968 ft 6 in) |
| Complement | 94 officers and sailors |
| Armament |
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Arkhangelsk (K-525, Russian: К-525 «Архангельск») was the lead ship of the Project 949 Oscar-class of nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines of the Russian Navy and formerly the Soviet Navy. Arkhangelsk was one of the two Oscar I variant submarines, along with Murmansk. The vessel was laid down on 25 July 1975 at the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk, launched on 3 May 1980, and commissioned on 30 December 1980 as K-525. It entered service with the Northern Fleet on 24 January 1981.
K-525 later received the name Arkhangelsk and remained in the Navy until it was decommissioned in 1996. Both of the two Oscar I-class submarines were to be scrapped. The process of dismantling Arkhangelsk and Murmansk began in 2004 and was completed in 2005.