Project 941 Akula

Project 941

NATO: Typhoon

Project 941 Akula (mod)

Type SSBN
Soviet designation PLARB
NATO reporting name Typhoon (mod)
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 1987

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 AIR air
MGK-503 Skat-2 Active H sub 5.1
MGK-503 Skat-2 Cylindrical H sub 3.0
MGK-503 Skat-2 Flank F sub 3.4
Pelamida Towed Array T sub 3.4
Pelamida Towed Array T sub 3.4

Radar (3)

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

Individual hulls (2)

Name Short name Country Commissioned Decommissioned Remark
TK-17 TK-17 USSR 1987-12-15
TK-20 TK-20 USSR 1989-12-19