November-class submarine
| November-class SSN profile | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Project 627 “Kit” |
| Builders | Sevmash |
| Operators | Soviet Navy |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Victor class |
| Built | 1957–1963 |
| In commission | 1959–1990 |
| Completed | 14 (1 project 627, 12 project 627A, 1 project 645) |
| Lost | 1 (K-8 – 12.04.1970, accident in the Bay of Biscay) |
| Retired | 13 (K-27 – 06.09.1982, deliberately scuttled in a training area in the Kara Sea; K-159 – 30 August 2003, sank while being towed for scrapping in the Barents Sea; others scrapped; first unit held for conversion as museum sub) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Nuclear attack submarine |
| Displacement | surface – 3,065 / 3,118 / 3,414 t; submerged – 4,750 / 4,069 / 4,380 t (project 627 / 627A / 645) |
| Length | 107.4 / 109.8 m (project 627A / 645) |
| Beam | 7.9 / 8.3 m (project 627A / 645) |
| Draft | 5.6 / 6.4 / 5.8 m (project 627 / 627A / 645) |
| 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 | surface – 15.2 / 15.5 / 14.7 knots; submerged – 30 / 28 / 30.2 knots (31 knots) (project 627 / 627A / 645) |
| Endurance | 50–60 days |
| Test depth | 300–340 m |
| 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). |
The November class, Soviet designation Project 627 Kit (Russian: Кит, lit. 'whale', NATO reporting name November) was the Soviet Union's first class of nuclear-powered attack submarines, which were in service from 1958 through 1990. All but one have been disposed of, with the K-3, the first nuclear-powered submarine built for the Soviet Navy, being preserved as a memorial ship in Saint Petersburg.