Yankee-class submarine
Yankee class SSBN profile | |
A Yankee I submarine underway. | |
| Class overview | |
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| Name | Yankee class |
| Builders | Severodvinsk and Komsomolsk |
| Operators | Soviet Navy |
| Preceded by | Hotel class |
| Succeeded by | Delta class |
| Built | 1964–1974 |
| In commission | 1967–1995 |
| Completed | 34 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Retired | 33 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ballistic missile submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 132 m (433 ft) |
| Beam | 11.6 m (38 ft) |
| Draught | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Propulsion | two pressurized water cooled reactors powering four steam turbines driving two shafts. |
| Speed |
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| Range | unlimited |
| Complement | 120 |
| Armament |
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The Yankee class, Soviet designations Project 667A Navaga (navaga) and Project 667AU Nalim (burbot) for the basic Yankee-I, were a family of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines built in the Soviet Union for the Soviet Navy. In total, 34 units were built: 24 in Severodvinsk for the Northern Fleet and the remaining 10 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur for the Pacific Fleet. Two Northern Fleet units were later transferred to the Pacific.
The Yankee-class were subject to a wide variety of modifications; these ships have a different designation to the original model.