Project 941 Akula

Project 941

NATO: Typhoon

Project 941 Akula

Type	SSBN
Soviet designation	PLARB
NATO reporting name	Typhoon
Country	USSR
Displacement (t)	30,460
Length (m)	170.0
Beam (m)	23.3
Draft (m)	11.5
Height (m)	23.3
Max speed submerged (kn)	27.0
Max speed surfaced (kn)	16.0
Max safe depth (m)	305
Endurance (days)	120
Nuclear reactors	2
Titanium hull	No
Class year	1981

Sensors

Sonar (10)

Name	Type	Platform	Passive range (km)	Active range (km)
MG-512 Vint	cav	sub	—	—
MG-518 Sever	echo	sub	—	—
MG-519	M	sub	—	1.5
MG-553 Zhgut-M	ssp		—	—
MGK-500 Skat-KS Active	H	sub	—	5.1
MGK-500 Skat-KS AIR	air		—	—
MGK-500 Skat-KS Cylindrical	H	sub	2.6	—
MGK-500 Skat-KS Flank	F	sub	3.0	—
MGK-500 Skat-KS Towed	T	sub	3.4	—
MGK-500 Skat-KS Towed	T	sub	3.4	—

Radar (3)

Name	NATO name	Air search	Surface search	Fire control
MRKP-58 Radian		—	Yes	—
MRKP-58 Radian ESM		—	—	—
Zone		—	—	—