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SIERRA I** (SSN) class

Country of Origin: Russia


 2 SIERRA I-class NUCLEAR-POWERED SUBMARINES (SSN) (Russian Project No. 945)

 Name        Pendant    Launched         Commissioned      Status
 KARP        K-239      July 29, 1983    Sept. 29, 1984    Refit
 KOSTROMA    K-276      July 26, 1986    Oct. 27, 1987     Active
   (ex-KRAB)

The design of this class was initiated in March 1972 at TsKB-122 Lazarit Design Bureau under N.I. Kvash. The SIERRA I class is believed to be the successor to the decommissioned ALFA class ....

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