Oscar-class submarine

Oscar ll class

Tomsk in Vilyuchinsk.
Class overview
Name:	Oscar ll class
Builders:	SEVMASH, Severodvinsk
Operators:	Soviet Navy  Russian Navy
Preceded by:	Papa class
Succeeded by:	Severodvinsk class
Built:	1975-1996
In service:	1981-present
In commission:	1980-present
Building:	2
Planned:	20 (2 949, 18 949A)
Completed:	13 (2 949, 11 949A)
Cancelled:	7 (3 incomplete, 4 never laid down)
Active:	5 +3 on modernization to 949AM
Laid up:	2
Lost:	1
Retired:	4
General characteristics
Type:	Submarine
Displacement:	12,500/14,700 tons surfaced 16,500/19,400 tons submerged
Length:	155 m (508 ft 6 in) maximum
Beam:	18.2 m (59 ft 9 in)
Draught:	9 m (29 ft 6 in)
Installed power:	2 × pressurized water cooled reactors
Propulsion:	2 × steam turbines delivering 73,070 kW (97,990 shp) to two shafts
Speed:	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) submerged
Endurance:	120 days
Complement:	94/107
Armament:	4 × 533 mm (21.0 in) and 2 × 650 mm (26 in) torpedo tubes in bow 28 × 533 mm and 650 mm weapons, including Tsakra (SS-N-15 Starfish) anti-submarine missiles with 15 kt nuclear warheads and Vodopad/Veder (SS-N-16 Stallion) anti-submarine missiles with 200 kt nuclear warhead or Type 40 anti-submarine torpedo or 32 ground mines 24 × P-700 Granit (SS-N-19 Shipwreck) cruise missiles with 750 kilograms (1,650 lb) HE or 500 kt nuclear warheads

Project 949 (Granit) and Project 949A (Antey) are Soviet Navy/Russian Navy cruise missile submarines (NATO reporting names: Oscar-I and Oscar-II respectively).

Project 949 submarines were the largest cruise missile submarines in service, until the Ohio-class SSGN cruise missile submarine converted from SSBN and returned to service on 15 October 2007. They are the fourth largest class of submarines in displacement and length. Only the Typhoon-class Soviet/Russian submarines, the American Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines and the Russian Borei-class submarines are larger.

The first submarine of Project 949 was laid down in the mid-1970s and was commissioned in 1980. In 1982 an updated and larger version (Project 949A) replaced the earlier version. In total thirteen submarines were constructed. The Oscar class was designed to attack NATO carrier battle groups using long-range SS-N-19 "Shipwreck" anti-ship missiles and targeting data provided by the EORSAT satellite system (via the submarine's "Punch Bowl" antenna). In the financial problems that followed the fall of the Soviet Union the Oscar class was prioritized by the Russian navy and when many older submarine classes were retired the Oscar class remained active in both the Northern and Pacific fleets. As of 2011^[update], five submarines are currently active with several more in reserve or waiting for repairs.

Two Project 949 Granit submarines were built at Severodvinsk and assigned to the Soviet Northern Fleet. They were K-525 laid down in 1975 and K-206 laid down in 1979. Both were decommissioned in 1996 and scrapped in 2004.

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