India-class submarine explained
The
Project 940 Lenok class (a type of
salmon) (known in the West by its
NATO reporting name India class) was a military
submarine design of the
Soviet Union. Two vessels of this class were built for the
Soviet Navy; both were scrapped in the 2000s.
The submarines of this class were designed to function as mother ships for two India-class deep-submergence rescue vehicles (DSRVs), and had decompression chambers and medical facilities on board. While India-class boats were seen going to the aid of Russian submarines involved in incidents, they had also been observed working in support of Russian Spetsnaz operations.
Units
| Name | Image | Building number | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Fleet | Status |
|---|
| BS-486 |
(ex-Komsomolets Uzbekistana) | | 194 | 22 February 1974[1] | 7 September 1975 | 30 December 1980 | Pacific | Decommissioned 1995, scrapped in 2000 |
| BS-257 | | | 195 | 23 February 1978 | 27 May 1979 | 1 September 1979 | Northern | Decommissioned 1996, scrapped in 2005 |
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Bibliography
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- Book: Pavlov . A. S. . Warships of the USSR and Russia 1945–1995 . 1997 . Naval Institute Press . Annapolis, Maryland . 1-55750-671-X.
- Book: Polmar. Norman. Norman Polmar. Moore. Kenneth J. . Cold War Submarines: The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines . 2004 . Potomac Books . Washington, D. C. . 978-1-57488-594-1 . amp.
- Book: Polmar. Norman. Noot. Jurrien. Submarines of the Russian and Soviet Navies, 1718–1990 . 1991 . Naval Institute Press . Annapolis, Maryland . 0-87021-570-1 . amp.
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Notes and References
- Pavlov, p. 82
