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ORENBURG (AGSSN) class

Country of Origin: Russia


 1 ORENBURG class NUCLEAR-PROPELLED AUXILIARY SUBMARINE (AGSSN)

 Name        Pendant   Launched        Commissioned    Status

 ORENBURG    BS-411    Jan. 16, 1970   Aug. 31, 1970   Active
    (ex-Russian K-411)

Originally commissioned as an SSBN of the YANKEE class. Known in Russia as the "SMPL/AS" conversion, with SMPL probably standing for sverkhmalaya podvodnavy lodka - "super-small submarine." The submarine is officially a "nuclear submarine carrier of deepwater...

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