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Soviet submarine B-59 (Russian: Б-59) was a Project 641 or Foxtrot-class diesel-electric submarine of the Soviet Navy. B-59 was stationed near Cuba during the 13-day Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 and was pursued and harassed by US Navy vessels.
Project 629A submarine. The keel of K-129 was laid down on 15 March 1958 at Komsomolsk-on-Amur Shipyard No. 132.She was launched on 16 May 1959, with her acceptance certificate signed on 31 December 1959, and assigned to the 123rd Brigade, 40th Division of the Soviet Pacific Fleet at Vladivostok.
These Russian or Soviet submarines either suffered extensive crew casualties or were entirely lost to enemy action or to "storm or perils of the sea." A dagger (†) indicates that the boat was lost. A dagger (†) indicates that the boat was lost.
Medium submarines 641: Foxtrot class 75 Large oceanic submarines 641B Cом (Som, catfish) Tango class 18 Large oceanic submarines 690 Кефаль (Kefal, mullet) Bravo class 4 Target submarine for torpedo exercises 877, 877E, 877EKM, 877V, 877LPMB, 877EK Палтус (Paltus, halibut) Kilo class 43 Large submarines
The Kazan is said to be a state-of-the-art submarine, part of a new class of vessels intended to replace Russia’s aging Soviet-era nuclear submarines, that are capable of carrying and firing ...
Vasily Aleksandrovich Arkhipov (Russian: Василий Александрович Архипов, IPA: [vɐˈsʲilʲɪj ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ arˈxʲipəf]; 30 January 1926 – 19 August 1998) was a senior Soviet Naval officer who prevented a Soviet submarine from launching a nuclear torpedo against ships of the United States Navy at a crucial moment in the Cuban Missile Crisis of October ...
According to the U.S. Navy Institute, Russian submarines have been visiting Cuban ports since 1969. Russian spy ships have been spotted unannounced at the port of Havana on several occasions ...
For the first time ever, scientists are getting a crystal-clear look at a fascinating, and haunting, piece of WWII history -- the only submarine the Nazis lost in the Gulf of Mexico. Media outlets ...