Project 613 - C-189 Soviet Diesel-Electric Submarine

<div style="text-align: justify;">A C-189 613 submarine is moored to the pontoon pier at the  Lieutenant Schmidt Embarkment. The submarine was built in 1955 at a  Baltic factory. It is the oldest submarine of the postwar construction which is still afloat.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Project 613 Soviet diesel-electric torpedo middle submarine is the first and most numerous type of submarines built after the WWII. The engineering design was made by Efgrafov Y. E. and in August 1948 it was approved.<br><br>The first submarine was launched in October 1950. In 1951 it was affiliated to the navy. Since 1951 to 1958, they built 215 submarines of this type in the USSR and 21 submarines in China. It was the biggest submarine line in the history of the Soviet shipbuilding; on a world scale, it is the second biggest after the German Type VII submarine line built during World War 2.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A combat submarine aimed at fighting against the enemy's ships, drifting mines, and reconnaissance. Project 613 submarines had been on duty in the seas and the oceans up to the late 80s. They were also used for new weapons tests and as personnel training units. Some of them were converted for other purposes.</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6AubCl_i5FGUZ8jNaGsXTOiQ8NXF70BmLoX2LvnS4HuIXYjBrLf9I9ppLKPkgczUDHLVQXKJjvwKjMXiQkHHUjCE_YvDt1uQ3P957vN1JtJEth8n7uQfPpqijgqOos6_rxEPIRi1kwYn/s1600/C-189+613+Submarine+Museum+St+Petersburg+1001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6AubCl_i5FGUZ8jNaGsXTOiQ8NXF70BmLoX2LvnS4HuIXYjBrLf9I9ppLKPkgczUDHLVQXKJjvwKjMXiQkHHUjCE_YvDt1uQ3P957vN1JtJEth8n7uQfPpqijgqOos6_rxEPIRi1kwYn/s640/C-189+613+Submarine+Museum+St+Petersburg+1001.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXV8iqkGs09Q-mLteOaA-t13HSqSIThi5_ntcQUAhhJume_hIywQQBxTeuN32UVrGNbVYroU9xSPj1JhFffZUEUchJH-bdGwQ5WwSM4mxb2rlIqI8li5FzF_i2WlctQ7rqISqVTuG8sWFV/s1600/C-189+613+Submarine+Museum+St+Petersburg+1002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXV8iqkGs09Q-mLteOaA-t13HSqSIThi5_ntcQUAhhJume_hIywQQBxTeuN32UVrGNbVYroU9xSPj1JhFffZUEUchJH-bdGwQ5WwSM4mxb2rlIqI8li5FzF_i2WlctQ7rqISqVTuG8sWFV/s640/C-189+613+Submarine+Museum+St+Petersburg+1002.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/10/c-189-613-submarine.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Project 613 - C-189 Soviet Diesel-Electric Submarine

A C-189 613 submarine is moored to the pontoon pier at the  Lieutenant Schmidt Embarkment. The submarine was built in 1955 at a  Baltic fact...

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Inside Nuclear-powered Submarine 949A Chelyabinsk

<div style="text-align: justify;">The Red Banner submarine squadron was formed in 1938, but at that time it was called differently. By the way, the squadron changed its name many times. During its long and rich history, the squadron participated in WW II and several science experiments. Currently there are 20 submarines there, some of them serve in the world ocean. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Today we'll step aboard the nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine 949A Chelyabinsk.</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU6S1tv09A3Ft4-GxxQD7-OTNMimI1AzbPynsZjSQgKF-FMiGjWJ325SN_iRAEXGtzEO0y4QAYHaHFEP88TktqEMtP1DP-8ZaoKp8jpKg4tjjJhDH4hp3ziwfMcb3ipLZ3InI9Br-DKj4/s1600/Red-Banner-Submarine-Inside-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU6S1tv09A3Ft4-GxxQD7-OTNMimI1AzbPynsZjSQgKF-FMiGjWJ325SN_iRAEXGtzEO0y4QAYHaHFEP88TktqEMtP1DP-8ZaoKp8jpKg4tjjJhDH4hp3ziwfMcb3ipLZ3InI9Br-DKj4/s640/Red-Banner-Submarine-Inside-001.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKnxuOJ3msd7RrUvqBatWBvyCykskvfzlubQZR5xX7jAgyEGvQBjSeDWsUMZqB-LL1tW3zcrWGNdc8SAnhZOVhm1zhfGs0L7lCdd4XRwR7CbMZyJtVOvrPbRyvvJhglOaMw0DLMZtD_GU/s1600/Red-Banner-Submarine-Inside-002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKnxuOJ3msd7RrUvqBatWBvyCykskvfzlubQZR5xX7jAgyEGvQBjSeDWsUMZqB-LL1tW3zcrWGNdc8SAnhZOVhm1zhfGs0L7lCdd4XRwR7CbMZyJtVOvrPbRyvvJhglOaMw0DLMZtD_GU/s640/Red-Banner-Submarine-Inside-002.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/09/inside-nuclear-powered-submarine-949a.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Inside Nuclear-powered Submarine 949A Chelyabinsk

The Red Banner submarine squadron was formed in 1938, but at that time it was called differently. By the way, the squadron changed its name ...

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USS San Francisco (SSN-711): Damaged But Never Broken

<div style="text-align: justify;">USS San Francisco (SSN-711), a Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine, is the third ship or boat of the United States Navy to be named for San Francisco, California.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKFocJCE4NXdTK2XZazUYJ3MLxcfY7B3HFYgxBnq6r5a8_mPi1WC3Rb7nTL4DOz41ysLgaBDsvuM_x0GB1IZ14qiHxRwD80sCRioDTSGsq7hBj1_tFBjcApx6liaonf4dK-eTNBdFR1Y/s1600/1311781142_1010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKFocJCE4NXdTK2XZazUYJ3MLxcfY7B3HFYgxBnq6r5a8_mPi1WC3Rb7nTL4DOz41ysLgaBDsvuM_x0GB1IZ14qiHxRwD80sCRioDTSGsq7hBj1_tFBjcApx6liaonf4dK-eTNBdFR1Y/s640/1311781142_1010.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On 8 January 2005 at 02:43 GMT, San Francisco collided with an undersea mountain about 675 kilometers (364 Nautical Miles, 420 statute miles) south-east of Guam while operating at maximum speed and more than 500 feet (150 m) deep. The collision was so serious that the vessel was almost lost. Detail shown a desperate struggle for positive buoyancy to surface after the forward ballast tanks were ruptured</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimtrbxkOJMo_29-J1n_y_EWWMGScpUVC7uz2TQ6pG-YlzgCsXOaOSt6ONQu2_Bu1q1R3aSHKfX0jYpzu0dsHHnlElM_KYpOLOywkbYL3-Z_-DjeE11SckjzlyfBx2-IyjXVvKOVU_xYYI/s1600/1311781148_1001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimtrbxkOJMo_29-J1n_y_EWWMGScpUVC7uz2TQ6pG-YlzgCsXOaOSt6ONQu2_Bu1q1R3aSHKfX0jYpzu0dsHHnlElM_KYpOLOywkbYL3-Z_-DjeE11SckjzlyfBx2-IyjXVvKOVU_xYYI/s640/1311781148_1001.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/08/uss-san-francisco-ssn-711-damaged-but.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

USS San Francisco (SSN-711): Damaged But Never Broken

USS San Francisco (SSN-711), a Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine, is the third ship or boat of the United States Navy to be named for San ...

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