YANKEE** class SSBN

   NUCLEAR-PROPELLED BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINES (SSBN)
   PODVODNAYA LODKA ATOMNAYA RAKETNAYA BALLISTICHESKAYA (PLARB)

 0 units Completed 1967-1974

 

The Yankee was the first "modern" Soviet SSBN class, being similar to the early US and British Polaris designs. The Yankee has a smaller rise to the top of the hull aft of the sail over the missile tubes than the later Delta classes**. Some Yankees had an angled edge at the forward base of their sail for a sonar installation....