Project 945
Sierra I class
Drawings:
Ships:
K-239 - Krasnoye Sormovo, Gorkiy - serial no. 301 - laid down 20.7.79 - launched 29.7.83 - completed 29.9.84; 8.83 to 9.83 transferred to Severodvinsk for fitting out, via inland waterways; 30.12.83 to Guba Oleniya for final tests; 7.12.84 accepted into the Northern Fleet, attached to the 6th Submarine Division; 29.3.85 declared ready for duty; 6.85 conducted deep dive test; 1986 first operational tour, including long-range tracking of submarines; 1987 2nd operational tour; 1990 3rd operational tour; 3.6.92 re-classified as a ABPL, and renamed "B-239"; 6.4.93 renamed "Karp"; 11.94 to 12.94 minor repairs; 30.5.98 decommissioned, and laid-up at Severodvinsk; 2013 the planned modifications and repair work finally began in Severodvinsk
K-276 - Krasnoye Sormovo, Gorkiy - serial no. 302 - laid down 21.4.84 - launched 26.7.86 - completed 27.10.87; 15.8 to 5.9.86 transferred to Severodvinsk for fitting out, via inland waterways; 30.12.87 accepted into the Northern Fleet, attached to the 6th Submarine Division; 27.8 to 6.9.88 took part in a command staff exercise; 9.88 to 11.88 first operational tour; 8.89 to 11.89 second operational tour; 6.90 to 9.90 third operational tour; 5.91 to 7.91 fourth operational tour; 11.2.92 collided with the US submarine "USS Baton Rouge" in the Barents Sea - slightly damaged - repairs at SRZ Nerpa in Olenya 28.3.92 to 29.6.83; 3.6.92 re-classified as a ABPL, and renamed "B-276"; 6.4.93 renamed "Krab"; 1993 operational tour; 4.94 to 6.94 operational tour; 8.96 took part in local exercise; 15.11.96 renamed "Kostroma"; 4.98 took part in command staff exercises; 2000 relegated to the reserve; 12.2003 to 2008 various repairs at SRZ Nerpa in Olenya; 2008 attached to the 7th Submarine Division; 2013 planned modifications were planned to begin shortly