"Tomsk" Oscar II Class Cruise Missile Nuclear Submarine

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K-150 "Toмск : Tomsk" [1996]
Naming history : from 12.08.1996 - K-150 Tomsk
Laid down : 13.07.1989, Launched : 10.05.1993, Commissioned 10.12.1993.
(as of 2008) CO : 1st-Class Captain Andrei Ekimenko

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 October 15, 2007, and the third largest submarines in terms of displacement and length. Only the Typhoon class Soviet/Russian submarines and the American Ohio class ballistic missile submarines are larger.

The first submarine of the 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. 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 submarines classes were retired the Oscar class remained active in both the Northern and Pacific fleets. In 2011, five submarines are currently active with several more in reserve or waiting for repairs.

Seen here (2010) at Vostok Shipyard, Bolshoi Kamena after having undergone extensive replacement and repair to steam generator plant which commenced since November 2008.

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