Soviet submarine K-3 Leninsky Komsomol
K-3 Leninsky Komsomol at sea | |
K-3 on display at the Museum of Naval Glory, Kronstadt | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Soviet Union | |
| Name | K-3 |
| Builder | Plant 402, Molotovsk |
| Laid down | June 1954 |
| Launched | 9 August 1957 |
| Christened | 4 June 1958 |
| Commissioned | 4 June 1958 |
| Decommissioned | 1988 |
| Renamed | Leninsky Komsomol 9 October 1962 |
| Homeport | Zapadnaya Litsa |
| Status | Museum ship in the Museum of Naval Glory in Kronstadt |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Project 627 |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 107.4 m (352 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 7.9 m (25 ft 11 in) |
| Draft | 5.6 m (18 ft 4 in) |
| Propulsion | two water-cooled reactors VM-A 70 MW each with steam generators, two turbogear assemblies 60-D (35,000 hp total), two turbine-type generators GPM-21 1,400 kW each, two diesel generators DG-400 460 hp each, two auxiliary electric motors PG-116 450 hp each, two shafts. Submarine of project 645 had two liquid metal-cooled reactors VT-1 73 MW each and two more powerful turbine-type generators ATG-610 1,600 kW each, no diesel generators. |
| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Endurance | Unlimited |
| Test depth | 300 m (980 ft) |
| Complement | usually 104–105 men (including 30 officers) |
| Sensors & processing systems | MG-200 "Arktika-M" sonar system for target detection, "Svet" detection of hydroacoustic signals and underwater sonar communication sonar system, "MG-10" hydrophone station (project 627 submarines had "Mars-16KP"), "Luch" sonar system for detection of underwater obstacles , "Prizma detection radar for surface targets and torpedo control , "Nakat-M" reconnaissance radar . |
| Armament | 8 × 533 mm bow torpedo tubes (20 torpedoes SET-65 or 53-65K). |
| Service record | |
| Commanders: | Leonid Osipenko, Lev Zhiltsov |
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К-3 was a project 627 "Кит" (kit, meaning "whale"; NATO reporting name "November") submarine of the Soviet Navy's Northern Fleet, the first nuclear submarine of the Soviet Union. The vessel was prototyped in wood, with each of five segments scattered between five different locations about Leningrad, including the Astoria Hotel. She was built in Molotovsk, launched on 9 August 1957, commissioned in July 1958, and homeported at Zapadnaya Litsa on the Kola Peninsula. K‑3 was designed by Vladimir Peregoudov. Her initial captain was Leonid Osipenko, and the executive officer was Lev Zhiltsov, who had the important task of assembling the first crew.