Russian submarine BS-64
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Delta IV Stretch class SSN.svg |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Russia |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Soviet Union|naval}} {{shipboxflag|Russia|naval}} |Ship name=BS-64 |Ship namesake= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Northern Engineering Plant (Sevmash), Severodvinsk |Ship laid down=18 December 1982 |Ship launched=2 February 1986 |Ship completed= |Ship commissioned=23 December 1986 |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed=Had been K-64 until 2002 |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship fate= |Ship homeport= |Ship status=In active service }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption=(As Delta IV class)[http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/delta/ "SSBN Delta Class IV (Project 667.BDRM) Strategic Missile Submarine, Russia"]. Naval-technology.com. |Ship class={{sclass2|Delta|submarine}} |Ship displacement=*11,700 tons (surface)
|Ship length={{convert|174|m|ft|abbr=on|1}} |Ship beam={{convert|11.7|m|ft|abbr=on|1}} |Ship draught={{convert|8.8|m|ft|abbr=on|1}} |Ship propulsion=Two VM4-SG nuclear reactors |Ship speed=*{{convert|14|kn}} (surface)
|Ship range= |Ship endurance=80 days |Ship test depth= |Ship complement=135 officers and ratings |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=*16 × RSM-54 missiles
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BS-64 is a Project 667BDRM Delfin-class ballistic missile submarine (NATO reporting name Delta IV) of the Russian Navy. She was originally designated K-64.
K-64 was removed from active service in 1999 and was ordered to be refitted. It was planned for her to be reactivated in 2002 to replace the Yankee 'Stretch'-class KS-411. KS-411 had been the mothership for the {{sclass|Paltus|submarine|0}} mini submarines, which are believed to be used for a combination of oceanographic research, search and rescue, and underwater intelligence-gathering.[http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/row/rus/1083.htm Paltus Class - Project 1083.1] Due to lack of funds this plan was postponed. K-64 was renamed BS-64 in 2002, and her central section containing 16 silos for ballistic missiles was removed to create space for the installation of scientific-experimental equipment, cabins for scientists and a rest room for the regular crew. There were unofficial reports that in 2008 the ship had been named Vladimir, before the official name Podmoskovye was announced later that year.{{Cite web|url=http://www.deepstorm.ru/DeepStorm.files/45-92/nbrs/667BDRM/K-64/K-64.htm|title=Подводная лодка К-64, БС-64, "Подмосковье". Проект 667БДРМ, 09787|website=www.deepstorm.ru}}
After her conversion was completed at Zvezdochka shipyard the submarine was relaunched on 11 August 2015.{{Cite news |title=Russian nuclear-powered submarine launched after repairs |date=August 11, 2015 |agency=TASS |url=http://tass.ru/en/russia/813860 }} Following the completion of repairs it is believed that the submarine was converted to serve as carrier of mini submarine(s), such as the deep-diving nuclear powered mini-submarine Losharik.{{Cite web|url=https://barentsobserver.com/en/security/2015/08/russian-nuclear-submarine-launched-after-modernization-13-08|title=Russian nuclear submarine launched after modernization|website=Barentsobserver}}{{Cite web|url=https://barentsobserver.com/en/security/top-secret-nuclear-sub-used-prove-north-pole-claim-29-10|title=Top secret nuclear sub used to prove North Pole claim|website=Barentsobserver}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/sous-marin-russe-dans-le-golfe-de-gascogne-quen-est-il|title=Sous-marin russe dans le golfe de Gascogne : Qu'en est-il ?|date=March 18, 2016|website=Mer et Marine}} Sea trials started in the White Sea in October 2016 and the submarine was handed over to the Russian Navy in December the same year as a Pr. 09787 carrier of mini-submarines and possibly as a nuclear deep-water station.{{Cite web|url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news|title=Janes | Latest defence and security news|website=Janes.com}}{{cite web | title=Project 09787 Special-Purpose Submarine BS-64 | website=Navy Recognition | url=http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2016/december-2016-navy-naval-forces-defense-industry-technology-maritime-security-global-news/4732-project-09787-special-purpose-submarine-bs-64-podmoskovye-handed-over-to-russian-navy.html | access-date=2020-11-29}}
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External links
- [http://zvezdochka-ru.livejournal.com/281678.html Photos of BS-64 from press-account of Zvezdochka enterprise]
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Category:Delta-class submarines
Category:Ships built in the Soviet Union
Category:Cold War submarines of the Soviet Union