Soviet submarine K-64

General characteristics
Delta IV submarine (Project 667)
Class and type:	Alfa-class submarine
Displacement:	2300 tons surfaced, 3200 tons submerged
Length:	81.4 metres
Beam:	9.5 metres
Draught:	7.6 metres
Propulsion:	OK-155 or BM-40A, 155-MWt Lead cooled fast reactor 40000 shp steam turbine, one shaft
Speed:	18–24 knots (33–44 km/h; 21–28 mph) surfaced, 43–45 knots (80–83 km/h; 49–52 mph)43-45 knots submerged
Test depth:	800 m test, has been dived to 1300 m, so crush depth is in excess of this
Complement:	27 officers, 4 petty officers
Armament:	Six 533-mm (21-inch) torpedo tubes: 18 SET-65 or 53-65K torpedoes 20 VA-111 Shkval torpedoes 21 SS-N-15 cruise missiles 12 SS-N-16 cruise missiles 24 mines

General characteristics
A Delta IV class submarine
Class and type:	Delta IV class submarine
Propulsion:	two pressurized water cooled reactors powering two steam turbines with two five bladed fixed pitched shrouded propellers.
Speed:	Surfaced: 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) Submerged: 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Range:	Unlimited, except by food supplies

K-64 was a Russian designation shared by the first Alfa Class Submarine and later by a Delta IV class submarine.

The K-64 Designation was first given to the first Alfa Class Submarine, laid down on June 2, 1968 and launched on April 22, 1969. In 1972, the submarine suffered a major reactor problem in the form of a leak of liquid metal coolant. The superheated metal solidified on contact with the colder outside air, freezing and damaging internal components of the reactor. She was removed from service and towed to Severodvinsk. At the dockyard, the damage to the reactor was deemed too extensive for repair and the decision was made to salvage as much as they could. K-64 was split in half, its bow section (including control spaces) was taken to Leningrad and used for training new Soviet submariners.^[1]

The K-64 designation was again given to a Delta IV class submarine launched on February 2, 1986 as the fourth ship of its class, entered in service in the Russian Northern Fleet. The sub was laid down in December 1982 and was built at Sevmash plant in Severodvinsk. This ship is still in active service.

References

↑ Cold War Submarines (First Edition), Page 142, Norman Polmar and K.J. Moore, 2004

Alfa-class submarine

K-64 K-123 K-316 K-373 K-377 K-432 K-463 K-493

List of Soviet and Russian submarines List of Soviet and Russian submarine classes

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1972

Shipwrecks	1 Jan: El Condesito 9 Jan: Seawise University 15 Jan: Kooroongaba 1 Feb: V. A. Fogg 11 Feb: USS Hopewell, Lindblad Explorer 19 Feb: Marcello G 19 Mar: USS Gansevoort 23 Apr: USNS Cowanesque 24 Apr: Nicolo Martini 11 May: Royston Grange 12 May: USS Wilkes-Barre 14 May: USS Fred T. Berry 15 Jun: Lucette 10 July: London Statesman 13 July: USS O'Brien 21 Aug: Texanita 16 Oct: USS Stanton 27 Nov: Tor Hugo 24 Dec: Sea Star 31 Dec: St Ives Unknown date: Allah Mina

Other incidents	24 Jan: USS Seahorse 27 Jan: Queen Frederica 24 Feb: K-19 17 May: Queen Elizabeth 2 21 Aug: Oswego-Guardian 15 Nov: K-19 Unknown date: K-64

1971 1973

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