Project 658

NATO: Hotel

Project 658M

Type	SSBN
Soviet designation	PLARB
NATO reporting name	Hotel II
Country	USSR
Displacement (t)	5,000
Length (m)	114.1
Beam (m)	9.2
Draft (m)	7.7
Height (m)	9.2
Max speed submerged (kn)	26.0
Max speed surfaced (kn)	18.0
Max safe depth (m)	219
Endurance (days)	50
Propeller	2 x 6 bladed propellers
Nuclear reactors	2
Titanium hull	No
Navigation system	Sigma-658 (Automatic Dead Reckoning)
Class year	1963

Sensors

Sonar (7)

Name	Type	Platform	Passive range (km)	Active range (km)
MG-10M Kola	Hull	sub	0.9	—
MG-13 Svet	Active Intercept		—	—
MG-15	com	sub	—	—
MG-200 Arktika	Hull	sub	—	1.3
MG-23 Beresta-M	ssp		—	—
NEL-6	Echo sounder	sub	—	—
Plutoniy	Hull	sub	—	0.9

Radar (3)

Name	NATO name	Air search	Surface search	Fire control
ARP-53		—	—	—
MRP-10 Nakat		—	—	—
RLK-101 Albatros	Snoop Tray 1	—	Yes	—

Launchers (5)

Name	Tubes	Fire control	Max launch depth (m)
400mm Torpedo Tube (forward) 2 Leningrad-658 250 1962 - 1967: 4 x SET-40 1968 - present: 4 x SET-40U
400mm Torpedo Tube (aft) 2 Leningrad-658 250 1962 - 1967: 4 x SET-40 1968 - present: 4 x SET-40U
533mm Torpedo Tube (forward) 4 Leningrad-658 100 1961 - 1963: 0 x 53-56 , 0 x 53-57 , 2 x 53-61 , 2 x SET-53 1964 - 1964: 0 x 53-56 , 0 x 53-57 , 2 x 53-61 , 2 x SET-53M 1965 - 1968: 0 x 53-56 , 0 x 53-57 , 2 x 53-61 , 2 x SET-65 1969 - present: 2 x 53-65K , 2 x SET-65M
Missile Launcher 3 D-4 FCS 60 1962 - present: 3 x R-21
Signal Ejector	2	—	200

Towed devices (1)

Name	Type	NATO name	Towed decoy	Capabilities	Cable (m)	Depth (m)	Speed (kn)
VVABT Paravan	Trailing buoy	—	—	Receive, Radio (VLF)	300	150 – 50	3.0 – 12.0