January 18, 2024
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RT @USN_Submariner: #OTD in 1962, the keel was laid for first-in-class USS James Madison (SSBN-627).
As the boomer left Holy Loch in Nov 1974, she collided with a Soviet Victor-class submarine, luckily only resulting in minor damage. The incident was declassified in 2017. #SilentService #ColdWar
RT @USN_Submariner: #OTD in 1962, the keel was laid for first-in-class USS James Madison (SSBN-627).
As the boomer left Holy Loch in Nov 1974, she collided with a Soviet Victor-class submarine, luckily only resulting in minor damage. The incident was declassified in 2017. #SilentService #ColdWar
March 6, 2024
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RT @Saturnax1: #SubMonday #Submarines #ColdWar #History
#OTD in 1982, while on duty in the Barents Sea, the Soviet Navy's Northern Fleet Project 705K/Alfa-class interceptor SSN K-123 suffered a release of approx. 2 tonnes of a liquid metal coolant from the reactor into the reactor compartment, leading to a deterioration of the radiation situation.
As a result of the coolant loss she immediately lost the power, surfaced, the power plant was switched into a cooldown mode, power consumption was transferred to the battery & diesel generator, and the accident was reported to the HQ via radio. K-123 was towed to her home base by the rescue ship Altai.
The accident irreparably damaged the reactor so that it had to be replaced & it took nine years to finish the repairs. The cause of the accident was later defined as a clogging of the steam generator tubes with sludge & corrosion damage.
Photos by Anatoly Khramov, Altai officer, April 8, 1982.
Sources: Bellona & Deepstormru
RT @Saturnax1: #SubMonday #Submarines #ColdWar #History
#OTD in 1982, while on duty in the Barents Sea, the Soviet Navy's Northern Fleet Project 705K/Alfa-class interceptor SSN K-123 suffered a release of approx. 2 tonnes of a liquid metal coolant from the reactor into the reactor compartment, leading to a deterioration of the radiation situation.
As a result of the coolant loss she immediately lost the power, surfaced, the power plant was switched into a cooldown mode, power consumption was transferred to the battery & diesel generator, and the accident was reported to the HQ via radio. K-123 was towed to her home base by the rescue ship Altai.
The accident irreparably damaged the reactor so that it had to be replaced & it took nine years to finish the repairs. The cause of the accident was later defined as a clogging of the steam generator tubes with sludge & corrosion damage.
Photos by Anatoly Khramov, Altai officer, April 8, 1982.
Sources: Bellona & Deepstormru
April 9, 2024
The Lookout (Twitter)
RT @Saturnax1: #SubSaturday #Submarine #ColdWar #History
Soviet Navy's Northern Fleet Project 670 Skat/Charlie I-class SSGN K-320 surfacing at the North Pole in August 1979, during an under-ice trans-Arctic inter-naval transition to the Pacific Fleet.
RT @Saturnax1: #SubSaturday #Submarine #ColdWar #History
Soviet Navy's Northern Fleet Project 670 Skat/Charlie I-class SSGN K-320 surfacing at the North Pole in August 1979, during an under-ice trans-Arctic inter-naval transition to the Pacific Fleet.
June 1, 2024
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RT @Saturnax1: #SubThursday #Submarines #ColdWar
From the left: Project 658S/Hotel-class communications submarine KS-19 (ex. K-19 SSBN, a.k.a. Hiroshima), 3x Project 675/Echo II-class SSGNs & 2x Project 670M-1 Chayka/Charlie II-class SSGNs, waiting for scrapping in Ara Bay, Vidyayevo, early 90s.
RT @Saturnax1: #SubThursday #Submarines #ColdWar
From the left: Project 658S/Hotel-class communications submarine KS-19 (ex. K-19 SSBN, a.k.a. Hiroshima), 3x Project 675/Echo II-class SSGNs & 2x Project 670M-1 Chayka/Charlie II-class SSGNs, waiting for scrapping in Ara Bay, Vidyayevo, early 90s.
June 27, 2024
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RT @Saturnax1: #SubThursday #Submarines #ColdWar
From the left: Project 658S/Hotel-class communications submarine KS-19 (ex. K-19 SSBN, a.k.a. Hiroshima), 3x Project 675/Echo II-class SSGNs & 2x Project 670M-1 Chayka/Charlie II-class SSGNs, waiting for scrapping in Ara Bay, Vidyayevo, early
RT @Saturnax1: #SubThursday #Submarines #ColdWar
From the left: Project 658S/Hotel-class communications submarine KS-19 (ex. K-19 SSBN, a.k.a. Hiroshima), 3x Project 675/Echo II-class SSGNs & 2x Project 670M-1 Chayka/Charlie II-class SSGNs, waiting for scrapping in Ara Bay, Vidyayevo, early
June 29, 2024
The Lookout (Twitter)
RT @Saturnax1: #SubThursday #Submarines #ColdWar #History
Project 667BDRM Delfin/Delta IV-class SSBN K-84 (future Ekaterinburg K-84) and Project 667BDR Kalmar/Delta III-class SSBN in Olenya Guba submarine base, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk, late 80s/early 90s.
RT @Saturnax1: #SubThursday #Submarines #ColdWar #History
Project 667BDRM Delfin/Delta IV-class SSBN K-84 (future Ekaterinburg K-84) and Project 667BDR Kalmar/Delta III-class SSBN in Olenya Guba submarine base, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk, late 80s/early 90s.
July 4, 2024
The Lookout (Twitter)
RT @Saturnax1: #SubThursday #Submarines #ColdWar #History
Project 667BDRM Delfin/Delta IV-class SSBN K-84 (future Ekaterinburg K-84) and Project 667BDR Kalmar/Delta III-class SSBN in Olenya Guba submarine base, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk, late 80s/early 90s.
RT @Saturnax1: #SubThursday #Submarines #ColdWar #History
Project 667BDRM Delfin/Delta IV-class SSBN K-84 (future Ekaterinburg K-84) and Project 667BDR Kalmar/Delta III-class SSBN in Olenya Guba submarine base, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk, late 80s/early 90s.
July 4, 2024
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RT @Capt_Navy: #SovietNavy #ColdWar The MRK-5, a Sarancha Class missile corvette got her wings spread. https://twitter.com/PRJArtichoke/status/1820205177217200496#m
RT @Capt_Navy: #SovietNavy #ColdWar The MRK-5, a Sarancha Class missile corvette got her wings spread. https://twitter.com/PRJArtichoke/status/1820205177217200496#m
August 5, 2024
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RT @Saturnax1: #SubSunday #Submarines #ColdWar #History @USNavy
There are manganese nodules, and there are "manganese nodules".
IYKYK https://twitter.com/SchmidtOcean/status/1829977043347308700#m
RT @Saturnax1: #SubSunday #Submarines #ColdWar #History @USNavy
There are manganese nodules, and there are "manganese nodules".
IYKYK https://twitter.com/SchmidtOcean/status/1829977043347308700#m
September 1, 2024