Name Akula Commissioned 30 December 1984 Construction started 6 November 1983 Length 114 m Builder Amur Shipyard | Laid down 6 November 1983 Decommissioned 2001 Launched 16 June 1984 Beam 14 m | |
Class and type Attack nuclear submarine Type Project 971U Schuka-B ("Akula-II") | ||
K-284 Akula was the lead ship in the Soviet submarine class Project 971 Щука-Б (Shchuka-B, 'Shchuka' meaning pike, NATO reporting name "Akula").
The ship was laid down on 6 November 1983 and was commissioned in the Pacific Fleet on 30 December 1984. The submarine was 12-15 dB quieter than the previous generation of Soviet submarines. K-284 served in the Soviet Fleet until the collapse of the Soviet union in 1991 and then continued to serve in the Russian navy. The submarine was decommissioned in 2001.
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Russian submarine K-284 Akula Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA