Kursk
K.141
1995
(Argos ASR-03)
- Class: Oscar II - 12 guided-missile nuclear submarines of 1985-95
- Displacement: 14,700 surfaced / 24,000 submerged tons
- Dimensions: 508 x 60 x 30 ft.
- Machinery: 2 OK-650B nuclear reactors (190 MW each); 2 screws = 16 knots surfaced, 30+ knots submerged
- Missiles: 24 x P-700 'Granit' cruise missiles with 550 km range
- Torpedoe tubes: 4 x 25.6" (650 mm)
- Complement: 118
- Builder: Sevmashpredpriyatiye, Severodvinsk
- Laid Down: 1992
- Launched: May 1994
- Completed: 30 Dec 1994
- Notes: Designed primarily to attack aircraft carrier battle groups. Sunk 12 Aug 2000 in the Barents Sea with the loss of all hands, apparently as the result of the explosion of one of her own torpedoes.
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