Kashalot-class submarine

{{Short description|Soviet submarine class}}

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|Ship image= File:Uniform pr1910 color.svg

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|Name=Kashalot

|Builders=Soviet Union

|Operators=*{{navy|Soviet Union}}

  • {{navy|Russia}}

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|Built range=1977–1991

|In service range= 1986–present

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|Total ships planned=3

|Total ships completed=2

|Total ships cancelled=1

|Total ships active=2

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|Ship displacement=1,390 tons normal surfaced/1,580 tons submerged

|Ship length={{convert|69|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|Ship beam={{convert|7|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

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|Ship draft={{convert|5.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

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|Ship propulsion=One pressurized-water nuclear reactor {{convert|1.5|MW|abbr=on}}, 1 sets steam turbines; {{convert|10000|shp|abbr=on}}

|Ship speed=*{{convert|10|kn}} surfaced

  • {{convert|30|kn}} submerged

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|Ship complement=About 36

|Ship sensors=*Radar: 1 Snoop Slab search

  • Sonar: HF active

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The Kashalot-class submarine (NATO reporting name: Uniform), Soviet designation Project 1910, is a class of research and special operations submarine constructed by the Soviet Union during the late 1970s and early 1980s.Wertheim 2007, p.610.

Two boats of the class were constructed, AS-13 and AS-15, with the first boat of the class being laid down in 1977 and commissioned in 1986, the second being laid down in 1983 but not commissioned until 1991. A third class boat, AS-12, reached the fitting-out stage before being cancelled in 1998.

Displacing 1,580 tons submerged, the Kashalot class was constructed using a single titanium hull design, and is powered by a nuclear reactor; they were the first Soviet nuclear-powered submarines to have a single hull. The boats each have a crew of 36 officers and men. AS-13 and AS-15 were reported active as of 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.hisutton.com/Project%201910%20UNIFORM%20Class.html |title=Project 1910 Uniform class |first=H.I.|last=Sutton |date=14 July 2016 |website=Covert Shores}}

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  • {{cite book |last=Wertheim |first=Eric |title=Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft and Systems |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TJunjRvplU4C&pg=PA610 |accessdate=2013-07-31 |edition=15th |year=2007 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |location=Annapolis, MD |isbn=978-1-59114-955-2}}

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