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and five others with two Scuds each. They were designated as Project AV 611 and received the NATO reporting name of Zulu V. The missiles were too long to be contained in the boat's hull, and extended into the enlarged sail. To be fired, the submarine had to surface and raise the missile out of the
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Zulu I through Zulu V, the last referring to the five converted missile-firing submarines (excluding the prototype). It is unclear from references how many of each subclass were built. Most were repurposed for non-combat purposes before being destroyed.
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The first few boats of the class were equipped with twin 57mm and twin 25mm anti-aircraft guns and no snorkels, although the guns were removed and snorkels added soon after the boats entered service. Six were converted in 1956 to become the world's first
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and shared a similar sonar arrangement. Like most conventional submarines designed 1946–1960, their design was influenced by the German
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Twenty-six boats were built overall, entering service from 1952 to 1957, 8 of them in
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Cold War Submarines: The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines
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fleet-boat conversions. They were a contemporary of the
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successfully launched a missile on 16 September 1955.
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Zulu Class submarines – Complete Ship List (English)
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C.: Potomac Books. 25: 1001:Cruise missile nuclear submarines 52:Zulu-class submarine in Amsterdam 546:& Moore, Kenneth J. (2004). 457:"Large submarines – Project 611" 343:of ballistic missile submarine. 74: 43: 36: 339:, which lent their hull to the 1: 354:. Their names were initially 232:Submerged: 16 knots (30 km/h) 1342:Ballistic missile submarines 1125:ballistic missile submarines 941:submarine classes after 1945 318:ballistic missile submarines 213:3 electric motors (5400 hp) 1358: 320:, one armed with a single 1305: 1157:644/665 Whiskey (missile) 1149:cruise missile submarines 1060:Nuclear attack submarines 883: 400:Polmar & Moore, p. 30 146: 57: 32: 303:Whiskey-class submarines 1239:(development suspended) 337:Foxtrot-class submarine 206:3 diesel engines (6000 147:General characteristics 820:Project V611 (Zulu IV) 524:Pavlov, A. S. 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Index

Project 611


Soviet Navy Ensign
Soviet Navy
K class
Foxtrot class
Golf class
attack submarine
hp
knots
Scud missiles
Soviet Navy
NATO reporting name
attack submarines
GUPPY
Whiskey-class submarines
World War II
Type XXI U-boat
ballistic missile submarines
R-11FM
Scud missile
Soviet submarine B-67
Foxtrot-class submarine
Golf class
Leningrad
Severodvinsk
NATO reporting names

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