Yasen-class Nuclear Attack Submarine

The Yasen-class submarine (Russian: Проект 885 "Ясень", "ash tree"; NATO reporting name: "Severodvinsk", also known erroneously as the Graney-class) is a Russian nuclear multipurpose attack submarine. Based on the Akula-class submarine and the Alfa-class submarines it is projected to replace Russia's Soviet-era attack submarines, both Akula and Oscar-class submarine.

Specifications

• Type: Nuclear Attack Submarine
• Service Period: 2013-
• Characteristics:
  • Length: 393 feet 9 inches (120.02 meters)
  • Beam: 49 feet 3 inches (15.01 meters)
  • Draught: 27 feet 7 inches (8.41 meters)
  • Displacement: 7,700–8,600 tons surfaced, 12,800 tons submerged
• Crew: 90 (32 officers, 58 enlisted)
• Propulsion: 1 x KPM type pressurized water reactor
• Range: Unlimited
• Speed: 35 knots (64.82 km/h)
• Sensor Suite:
  • Rim Hat ESM/ECM Snoop Pair Surface Search Radar
  • Irtysh-Amfora sonar system
• Armament:
  • 8 x 650mm torpedo tubes
  • 2 x 533mm torpedo tubes
  • 1 x 40-cell VLS (8x5) firing 3M-54 Klub-S AShMs or 1 x 32-cell VLS (8x4) firing Kalibr Cruise Missiles

Unit Run

Project 885

• RFK Severodvinsk

Project 885M

• RFK Kazan
• RFK Novosibirsk - sea trials
• RFK Krasnoyarsk - under construction
• RFK Arhangelsk - under construction
• RFK Perm - under construction
• RFK Kasatka - under construction
• RFK Vilyuchinsk - under construction
• RFK Ulyanovsk - under construction
• RFK Izhevsk - under construction
• RFK Simferopol - under construction
• RFK Ulan-Ude - planned for construction