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2 unusual facts about Soviet submarine K-159


Soviet submarine K-159

President of Russia Vladimir Putin removed Suchkov from service on the recommendation of Navy Chief of Staff Vladimir Kuroyedov.

Shortly after the loss of the submarine, the widows of four of the nine deceased submariners filed a lawsuit against the Russian Defence Ministry demanding compensation of one million rubles (about $37,500) each in moral damages, a lawyer acting for them said.


1977 Oklahoma Sooners football team

Elvis Peacock led the team in rushing with 812 yards, Dean Blevins led the team in passing with 385 yards, Steve Rhodes led the team in receiving with 272 yards, Uwe von Schamann led the team in scoring with 89 points, Hunt led the team in tackles with 159 tackles and Henderson posted 7 interceptions.

AN/APG-67

When Northrop started work on the latest member of the F-5 family, then known as the F-5G, Emerson was initially selected to produce a version of the APQ-159 with the capability of firing the AIM-7 Sparrow missile at beyond visual range.

AN/APQ-159

The radar offered no air-to-ground modes at all, nor was it capable of firing the AIM-7 Sparrow in spite of its BVR-capable range.

Andrew McKee

The destroyer USS Schenck (DD-159) was named for his maternal great-grandfather, Admiral James F. Schenck.

Apurímac Region

poly 116 105 126 116 135 123 136 134 137 147 137 159 129 164 128 170 132 180 125 189 129 196 134 210 143 217 138 222 138 228 133 240 135 246 131 249 130 249 122 254 113 254 97 262 93 260 82 253 73 265 66 275 56 274 49 263 57 240 54 235 61 232 63 218 69 204 79 193 82 193 80 182 77 168 76 159 83 151 81 145 84 135 89 127 95 121 101 112 107 110 113 106 Aymaraes Province

Avianca Flight 410

At the time, the crash of Flight 410 held the highest death toll of any aviation accident in Colombia until December 20, 1995 when American Airlines Flight 965 crashed in a mountain near Buga, Valle del Cauca, killing 159 people.

Babine, British Columbia

Babine, British Columbia (population ~159) is a town in British Columbia.

Cecil Margo

the Helderberg air disaster of 1987 which claimed 159 lives when an SAA Boeing 747, the Helderberg, crashed into the sea north-east of Mauritius.

Cold-Food Powder

This refers to Ge Hong's Baopuzi above (26, tr. Sailey 1978:159-160) criticism of "noblemen" from Luoyang who violated mourning rules by taking wushisan and getting drunk.

Connecticut Route 190

The segment of Route 190 in Suffield, from Route 75 to Route 159, is also known as the "Corporal Stephen R. Bixler Memorial Highway", named for a Suffield native who died in the Iraq War.

Cornelius Scipio

Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum, consul in 162 and 155 BC, and censor in 159; Princeps Senatus.

County roads in Hennepin County, Minnesota

County Road 159 (non-CSAH) is Territorial Road in Hassan Township from County 101 to County 116.

Eric Burchmore

In October 1944, No. 159 Squadron mounted an audacious minelaying raid on the Japanese held port of Penang.

Ferrari 159 S

The oldest Ferrari car still in existence with an undisputed pedigree is a 166 Spyder Corsa number 002C, which was originally a 159 and is currently owned and driven by James Glickenhaus.

Freehold Metrolink station

The 159 is operated by Manchester Community Transport and heads northbound to Chadderton town centre, continuing to Oldham, and runs southbound to Hollinwood, continuing to Middleton via Woodhouses, Failsworth and New Moston.

Goble, Oregon

In order to ship the ferry, crews disassembled it into 57,159 pieces and shipped it around Cape Horn.

Hart County, Georgia

Of Georgia's 159 counties, Hart County is the only one named after a woman, Nancy Hart.

History of Jews in Opatów

In 1939, the last election before the war, Mizrahi received 159, Al Hamishmar received 110, The Working Eretz Yisrael list received 91 and the General Zionists 33.

Igor Britanov

Captain Second Rank Igor Anatolievich Britanov, Soviet Navy (Ret.) was the captain of the Soviet missile submarine K-219 when it sank off the coast of Bermuda on October 3, 1986.

Jansky

For example, the 3C lists some 300 to 400 radio sources in the Northern Hemisphere brighter than 9 Jy at 159 MHz.

Jihostroj

This APU is used in various modifications on the following aircraft Aero L-39, Aero L-159, K-8

K11

Soviet submarine K-11, a Soviet November-class nuclear-powered attack submarine

K27

Soviet submarine K-27, a boat that suffered a core meltdown and was later scuttled

Komsomolets

Soviet submarine K-278 Komsomolets, a nuclear submarine which caught fire and sank off Norway

LaMichael James

On January 2, 2012, James rushed for 159 yards on 25 carries with one touchdown to help Oregon beat Wisconsin 45-38 in the Rose Bowl.

Llanthony Priory

Also as there are letters from Pope Clement III (CSM,i,p. 157-159), between 1185 and 1188, confirming further grants and gifts to the priory from Adam de Feypo and Geoffrey de Cusack in Ireland.

Marquise Walker

He first recorded 15 receptions against the Washington Huskies football team in a 23–18 loss where he accumulated 159 yards and two touchdowns from quarterback John Navarre.

Naomi Folkard

She then lost to 1st-ranked and eventual gold medalist Park Sung Hyun of Korea 171-159, finishing 11th in women's individual archery.

National Underwater Reconnaissance Office

Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew argue that the origin of NURO was the Soviet submarine K-129 that had sunk outside Hawaii in March 1968.

Ocean City High School

Chad Severs (born 1982), men's professional soccer player and New Jersey's second all-time leading prep scorer (two goals short of Tab Ramos' record) with 159 career high school goals.

Operation Provide Promise

By the end of the operation, aircraft from 21 countries had flown 12,886 sorties into Sarajevo, delivering 159,622 tons of food, medicine, and supplies and evacuating over 1,300 wounded people.

Pacific Vortex!

Though it is not directly referenced in Pacific Vortex!, portions of the plot dealing with a secret salvage ship designed to covertly recover both US and enemy sunken submarines and other vessels bears a striking similarity to the real-life ship Glomar Explorer, which was built by Howard Hughes under contract to the CIA for the express purpose of secretly raising the Soviet submarine, K-129 in an operation known as Project Jennifer.

Park Sung-Hyun

She proceeded to defeat 33rd-ranked Russian archer Natalia Bolotova (165-148), 17th-ranked Naomi Folkard of Great Britain (171-159), 8th-ranked Evangelia Psarra of Greece (111-101), and Alison Williamson of Great Britain (110-100), to reach the final against fellow Korean Lee Sung-Jin.

Pat Choate

Bob Dole/Jack Kemp (Republican) - 39,198,755 (40.7%) and 159 electoral votes (19 states carried)

Portland Art Museum

The 159 works by artists such as Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, and Anthony Caro substantially enhanced the museum's permanent collection of 20th century modern and contemporary art.

Quintus Mucius Scaevola Augur

Quintus Mucius Scaevola Augur (ca. 159 BCE – 88 BCE) was a politician of the Roman Republic and an early authority on Roman law.

Salman Masalha

Agi Mishol, Selected Poems, Masharef, No. 17, pp 159–169, 2002

Soviet submarine K-27

The K-27 was assigned to the 17th submarine division, headquartered at Gremikha).

Soviet submarine K-278 Komsomolets

In October 1988, K-278 was honored by becoming one of the few Soviet submarines to be given an actual name: Komsomolets (Комсомолец, meaning "a member of the Young Communist League"), and her commanding officer, Captain 1st Rank Yuriy Zelenskiy was honored for diving to a depth of 1020 meters (3,345 feet).

Submarine hull

Titanium alloys allow a major increase in depth, but other systems need to be redesigned as well, so test depth was limited to 1000 metres (3,281 feet) for the Soviet submarine Komsomolets, the deepest-diving military submarine.

The Blind Beggar of Alexandria

A popular hit, Blind Beggar was staged 22 times through April 1597.

United States Army Air Forces in the South Pacific Area

As defined by the War Department, this consisted of the Pacific Ocean areas which lay south of the Equator between longitude 159° East and 110° West.

University of Economics, Prague

In 2010/2011, VŠE cooperated with 159 partner universities (including Sciences Po Paris, Universität zu Köln, Tilburg University, Stockholm School of Economics, University of St. Gallen, London School of Economics and Political Science, Tel Aviv University, University of Queensland, McGill University, Duke University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill).

Velux 5 Oceans Race

The first edition was won by Philippe Jeantot, who won all four legs of the race with an overall elapsed time of just over 159 days.


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