Project 949A
Oscar II class
Drawings:
18 units planned.
Ships:
K-148 - Severodvinsk Shipyard - serial no. 617 - laid down 22.7.82 - launched 3.3.85 - completed 30.9.86; from 3.85 attached to the 339th Submarine Brigade; 15.12.85 suffered a turbine accident, and returned to the yard - 10.9.86 resumend test programme; from 5.11.86 attached to the 11th Submarine Division; 1987 final tests - declared operational; 1988 missiles firings in the White Sea; 5.89 several missile firings in the White Sea; 1989 operational tour; 1991 operational tour - Atlantic Ocean; 3.6.92 reclassified APK; 6.4.93 renamed Krasnodar; 1995 operational tour; 1996 began repairs and modernisation at SMP, Severodvinsk - no work done due to lack of funding; 28.7.98 decomissioned - stationed in Severodvinsk harbour; four operational tours (Atlantic and Mediterranean); 2001 laid-up (Bolshaya Lopatkina); 2009 to Nerpicha, 2010 to Kut Bay; 28.11.2012 removal of reactors begun
K-173 - Severodvinsk Shipyard - serial no. 618 - laid down 4.8.83 - launched 27.3.86 - completed 31.12.86; from 3.86 attached to the 339th Submarine Brigade; 6.1 to 10.1.87 sailed to Bolshaya Lopatkina; from 24.2.87 attached to the 11th Submarine Division; 6.87 returned to Severodvinsk for final work (planned for two months, took seven months); 12.87 returned to Bolshaya Lopatkina; 1988 to 1990 local exercises; 15.8 to 9.12.91 transferred to the Pacific Fleet (under the arctic ice), from 24.9.91 attached to the 10th Submarine Division; 28.4.92 reclassified APK; 13.4.93 renamed Krasnoyarsk; two operational tours and one missile firing exercise in the period 1993 to 1995; 11.95 relegated to the reserve, pending repairs and modernisation - never begun; from 13.4.99 attached to the 304th Submarine Battalion; 2012 still at Vilyuchinsk, pending removal of the reactors
K-132 - Severodvinsk Shipyard - serial no. 619 - laid down 8.5.85 - launched 29.12.87 - completed 30.12.88; from 12.87 attached to the 339th Submarine Brigade; 7.88 began sea trials; from 30.11.89 attached to the 11th Submarine Division; 16.11.89 sailed to Zapadnaya Litsa; 21.7.90 conducted a 460m deep dive near Bear Island; 30.8 to 27.9.90 transferred to the Pacific Fleet - from Zapadnaya Litsa to Vilyuchinsk - first transfer under the arctic ice - from 29.10.90 attached to the 10th Submarine Division; 28.4.92 reclassified APK; 1992 conducted first Granit (SS-N-24) launch in the Pacific Fleet; 13.4.93 renamed Irkutsk; 23.5.96 missile exercise together with K-456; 11.97 relegated to the reserve, pending repairs; from 2008 under repair and modernisation at Zvezda, Bolshoy Kamen - still there 2012
K-119 - Severodvinsk Shipyard - serial no. 636 - laid down 25.2.86 - launched 16.12.88 - completed 29.12.89; from 12.88 attached to the 339th Submarine Brigade; 4.7.89 began sea trials; 8.1.90 transferred to Zapadnaya Litsa; from 28.2.90 attached to the 11th Submarine Division; 3.90 to 6.90 during tests the submarine generated to much noise, and a problem was discovered with the shafts, which were slightly deformed; planned transfer to the Pacific Fleet was cancelled, and the submarine began repairs at Severodvinsk 6.90; new tests were conducted 4.6 to 18.6.91 with success; from 1991 attached to the 7th Submarine Division; 3.6.92 reclassified APK; fall 1992 deep dive test at 600m; 6.3.93 renamed Voronezh; 4-95 operations together with APK Orel; 2.96 to 3.96 operations in the Mediterranean, together with TAVKR "Admiral Flota Soverskaya Soyuza Kuznetsov"; 2.97 to 4.97 operations in the North Atlantic; 8.97 to 10.87 operations in the North Atlantic; 9.4 to 18.5.99 operational tour; 22.6 to 26.6.99 took part in the "Zapad-99" exercise; 7.99 took part in a parade at Severomorsk; from 4.2001 attached to the 11th Submarine Division; 2003 operational tour; from 2004 to 2006 remained in harbour; 12.06 to 11.11 repair and modernisation at Zvezdocha, Severodvinsk
K-410 - Severodvinsk Shipyard - serial no. 637 - laid down 9.12.86 - launched 20.1.90 - completed 22.12.90; from 1.90 attached to the 339th Submarine Brigade; 12.10.90 missile test; from 14.3.91 attached to the 11th Submarine Division; 1991 to 1992 local exercises; 3.6.92 reclassified APK; 6.4.93 renamed Smolensk; 1.7.93 deep dive test in the Norwegian Sea; 1993 operational tour; 1994 operational tour in the Central Atlantic; 1995 operational tour in the Sargasso Sea; 6.99 took part in the "Zapad-99" exercise; 1999 operational tour; 2005 docked at SRZ-82 for repairs; 9.2011 began repairs and modernisation at Zvezdochka, Severodvinsk
K-442 - Severodvinsk Shipyard - serial no. 638 - laid down 21.5.87 - launched 18.6.90 - completed 28.12.90; from 6.90 attached to the 339th Submarine Brigade; from 14.3.91 attached to the 11th Submarine Division; 18.8 to 12.9.91 transferred to the Pacific Fleet, via the northern route (under the arctic ice), together with "K-173"; from 24.9.91 attached to the 10th Submarine Division; 28.4.92 reclassified APK; 13.4.93 renamed Chelyabinsk; 1994 operational tour in the Pacific, including tracking of USS Kitty Hawk and USS Independence; 1997 operational tour in the Pacific - 11000 miles in total; 5.99 relegated to the reserve, pending repairs; 2012 still at Vilyuchinsk waiting for repairs
K-456 - Severodvinsk Shipyard - serial no. 649 - laid down 9.2.88 - launched 28.6.91 - completed 18.8.92; from 6.91 attached to the 339th Submarine Brigade; 29.2.92 renamed K-456 Kasatka; 3.6.92 reclassified APK; 30.12.92 sailed to Zapadnaya Litsa; from 5.2.93 attached to the 11th Submarine Division; 18.8 to 14.9.93 transferred to the Pacific Fleet, via the northern route, under the arctic ice; from 28.9.93 attached to the 10th Submarine Division; 8.94 to 10.94 operations in the Pacific; 25.9.85 missile exercise together with "K-186"; 23.5.96 missile exercise together with "K-132"; 20.3.96 renamed Vilyuchinsk; mid-1996 operations in the Pacific; 12.96 suffered a failure in one of the shaft lines - repaired at Zvezda, Bolshoy Kamen 1997 to 2001; 10.2003 operational again; 8.2009 to 9.2009 took part in a naval excercise; 7.2010 took part in the "Vostok-2010" strategic exercise; 28.1.2011 renamed Tver; 2012 still in service
K-266 - Severodvinsk Shipyard - serial no. 650 - laid down 19.1.89 - launched 22.5.92 - completed 30.12.92; 1991 renamed K-266 Severodvinsk; from 5.92 attached to the 339th Submarine Brigade; 3.6.92 reclassified APK; 10.92 sea trials; 27.1.93 arrived at Zapadnaya Litsa; from 5.2.93 attached to the 11th Submarine Division; 6.4.93 renamed Orel; 1993 deep dive test; 1995 operational tour; 1996 operational tour; 1997 to 1998 repairs at Severodvinsk; 11.6 to 3.10.98 operational tour; 2000 to 2001 participated in training of divers and investigations of the reasons for the sinking of "Kursk"; 15.7.03 to 2004 under repairs at SRZ-82; 7.2006 took part in a missile exercise; 2012 still in service
K-186 - Severodvinsk Shipyard - serial no. 651 - laid down 13.7.89 - launched 8.5.93 - completed 15.12.93; 3.6.92 reclassified APK; 13.4.93 renamed Omsk; from 5.93 attached to the 339th Submarine Brigade; from 21.1.94 attached to the 11th Submarine Division; 8.94 to 9.94 transferred to the Pacific Fleet, via the northern route, under the arctic ice; from 14.9.94 attached to the 10th Submarine Division; 1995 operational tour - the longest tour for the class so far; 7.97 missile exercise together with "K-442"; 2007 to 2008 repairs at Zvezda, Bolshoy Kamen; 11.08 to 12.08 operational tour; 2.09 to 7.09 two operational tours; 6.10 to 8.10 operational tour
K-141 - Severodvinsk Shipyard - serial no. 662 - laid down 22.3.90 - launched 16.5.94 - completed 30.12.94; 3.6.92 reclassified APK; 13.4.93 renamed Kursk; from 5.94 attached to the 339th Submarine Brigade; from 1.3.95 attached to the 7th Submarine Division; 5.7.99 to 19.10.99 operational tour in the Atlantic and Mediterranean; 30.7.2000 took part in a parade in Severomorsk; 12.8.2000 sank in the Barents Sea, after an explosion in the torpedo room - all 108 crew perished; bodies and parts of submarine later recovered
K-150 - Severodvinsk Shipyard - serial no. 663 - laid down 27.8.91 - launched 20.7.96 - completed 30.12.96; 28.4.92 reclassified APK; 13.4.93 renamed Tomsk; from 7.96 attached to the 339th Submarine Brigade; from 17.3.97 attached to the 11th Submarine Division; 25.8.98 began transfer to the Pacific Fleet, via the northern route (under the arctic ice) - 9.98 suffers a power failure in one of the reactors, which has to be shut down - the submarine surfaces through the ice in the Chukotskaya Sea - escorted by the icebreaker "Sadko" and Il-38 planes to Vilyuchinsk - arrives 24.9.98; problems with reactor turns out to be minor; from 9.10.98 attached to the 10th Submarine Division; 10.02 to 11.02 operational tour; 9.03 to 12.03 operational tour; 2004 operational tour; 11.2008 began repairs and modernisation at Zvezda, Bolshoy Kamen; 2012 still there
K-139 - Severodvinsk Shipyard - serial no. 664 - laid down 24.7.92; has also been called K-329; 6.4.93 renamed Belgorod; construction stopped in 1997 - 75% complete; 9.2000 decision to complete the submarine as Project 949AM, but no action taken, due to lack of funding; 20.12.2012 construction resumed, now as Project 09852
K-135 - Severodvinsk Shipyard - serial no. 675 - laid down 2.9.93; 7.2.95 renamed Volgograd; 22.1.98 work stopped - 49% complete; 2012 still at the yard
K-160 - Severodvinsk Shipyard - serial no. 676 - laid down 1994; 7.2.95 renamed Barnaul; 1998 work stopped - 35% complete; 2012 still at the yard