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SOVIET UNION: PROJECT 949A [NATO OSCAR II] (1985)

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Project 949A (Antey) K-148 Orenburg (August 1985), K- 132 Irkutsk (March 1986), K-119 Voronezh(December 1987), K-173 Krasnoyarsk (January 1989), K-410 Smolensk ( December 1989), K-442 Chelyabinsk (January 1990), K-456 Viliuczinsk (December 1991), K-266 Orel (22 May 1992), K- 186 Omsk (8 May 1993), K-141 Kursk (May 1994), K-512 Tomsk (18 July 1995), K-530 Belgorod (May 1998) Builder: Severodvinsk Displacement: 14,700…

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Soviet Single-Drive Submarines

NameYard №Laid DownLaunchedCommissionedNoteM-401№13516.11.19391.06.19411946 General characteristics – Project 95 Displacement (tons):Surfaced:102Submerged:140Dimensions (m):Length:37,3Beam:3,3Draught:1,73Speed (knots):Surfaced:23Submerged:14,5Range:Surfaced:900 nmi (14 knots)Under snorkel:–Submerged:350 nmi (4 уз)Diving depth (m):Operational:50Maximum:60Endurance (days):5Propulsion:2×900 hp diesels, 2 fixed pitch propellersArmament:2 533 mm bow torpedo tubes (2 torpedoes)1×1 45 mm 21KElectronics:–Complement:9 In the Soviet Union the concept of closed-cycle propulsion-called “single-drive” or “unified”-…

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The USS Marion and the Asiatic Station

The screw-sloop Marion, last wooden ship of the “Old Navy” on the Asiatic Station. Rear Admiral David B. Harmony, who had last served in the Far East seventeen years earlier, remained at Yokohama only until the Alliance could be summoned to convey him to Hong Kong. To his embarrassment, his…

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Type XXI ”Electric” Boat

Effect of the loss of the Atlantic bases “… 15.9.44. Now that the French Atlantic ports are no longer in our possession, U-boat operations will be continued from Norway. A few Home ports will also be used, since the Norwegian bases have insufficient accommodation, and operational possibilities will thus be…

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SKJOLD Class Fast Attack Craft [FAC] Part I

The six SKJOLD Class FAC were built by Kvaerner/Umoe Mandal incorporating the SENIT 2000 combat management system as a joint development of DCNS (now Naval Group) and Kongsberg. A view of Skjold, Gnist, Storm and Skudd operating together whilst on exercise in the Kristiansund at the end of January 2014.…

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SKJOLD Class Fast Attack Craft [FAC] Part II

The Skjold class are equipped with primary and secondary machinery control rooms, which also act as the ship’s damage control stations. They provide access to the highly automated L-3 MAPPS integrated platform management system, which features a number of multi-function consoles and high-resolution colour screens, both pictured here. These allow…

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The Era of the GUPPY Part I

USS Greenfish (SS-351) after GUPPY III modernization. Visible on deck are the three distinctive shark-fin domes of the PUFFS sonar. USS Piper (SS-409) with BQR-4A bow sonar The Second World War had ended, and on the following March 6, 1946, Winston Churchill, the retired British prime minister, delivered a speech…

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