Russian submarine K-84 Ekaterinburg
K-84 Ekaterinburg at Zvezdochka, summer 2014
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  Soviet Union, Russia
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| Name: | K-84 Ekaterinburg |
| Namesake: | City of Yekaterinburg |
| Builder: | Northern Machinebuilding Enterprise (Sevmash) |
| Laid down: | 17 February 1982 |
| Commissioned: | 30 December 1985 |
| Status: | in active service |
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| Class and type: | Delta IV-class submarine |
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| Length: | 167.4 metres (549 ft) |
| Beam: | 11.7 metres (38 ft) |
| Draft: | 8.8 metres (29 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Two VM4-SG nuclear reactors |
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| Endurance: | 90 days |
| Complement: | 140 officers and men |
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K-84 Ekaterinburg (Russian: К-84 Екатеринбург) is a Project 667BDRM Delfin class (NATO reporting name: Delta IV) nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine. The submarine was laid down on 17 February 1982 at the Russian Northern Machine-Building Enterprise (Sevmash). It was commissioned into the Soviet Navy on 30 December 1985. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the submarine continued to serve in the Russian Navy. Initially known only by her hull number, in February 1999 she was renamed after the city of Yekaterinburg.
Construction of the nuclear submarine Ekaterinburg (K-84) began at the Northern Machinebuilding Enterprise (Sevmash) in Severodvinsk on 17 February 1982, before being commissioned into the Soviet Navy on 30 December 1985. She was the second of the seven-boat Project 667BDRM Delfin class, which was developed at the Rubin Design Bureau in September 1975. A ballistic missile submarine, she was designed primarily to carry up to 16 R-29RM Shtil (NATO designation: SS-N-23 Skiff) SLBM for use against military and industrial facilities in the case of a nuclear war. Each Shtil missile carries ten 100 kt multiple independently targeted reentry vehicles, and has a circular error probable of 500 metres (1,600 ft). She is also equipped with RPK-7 Veter (NATO designation: SS-N-16 Stallion) anti-ship missiles for use against large surface vessels, and self-defense torpedoes.
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