Soviet submarine K-278 Komsomolets, a nuclear submarine which caught fire and sank off Norway
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).
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.
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In 1994–2002 the submarine K-129 was rebuilt in Zvezdochka shipyard to be a special purpose submarine of Project 09786 (carrier of mini submarine) and renamed as BS-136 Orenburg.
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.
Soviet submarine K-11, a Soviet November-class nuclear-powered attack submarine
Soviet submarine K-27, a boat that suffered a core meltdown and was later scuttled
Soviet submarine K-33, a Soviet nuclear-powered Project 658 class submarine
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.
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.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin removed Suchkov from service on the recommendation of Navy Chief of Staff Vladimir Kuroyedov.
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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.
The K-27 was assigned to the 17th submarine division, headquartered at Gremikha).