Submarine Typhoon SSBN - Hobby Boss 83532

In the years 1981-1989 in the USSR, six nuclear-powered submarines according to the project 941 "Rubin" were built at the shipyard in Severodvinsk. With a displacement of 48,000 tons, they are still the world's largest submarines. Their construction was the USSR's response to the American Ohio-class ships. Propulsion: steam from two 380 MW nuclear reactors driving two turbines which drive two propellers. Submersible speed: 27 knots. Weapons: 6 torpedo tubes and 20 ballistic missile launchers. A crew of 175 officers and sailors. The rigid hull of the ships in the catamaran structure was made of titanium alloy and welded in the argon shield. The entire hull of this type of ship is covered with shell plates, which suppress the sound from the inside of the ship, making it difficult to detect the ship with enemy sonar. The coating also makes it difficult to homing torpedoes with active sonar. These ships had a large reserve of buoyancy. This was proved by the performance of one of the Typhoons, which emerged at the North Pole, breaking 2.5 meters of the ice layer. This allows the ship to fire ballistic missiles even under such conditions. The crew on this great ship has better living conditions than on other submarines. The ship even has safety chambers that allow the evacuation of the entire crew while the ship is submerged. One of these ships caught fire, the ship was only damaged, but it was the beginning of their decommissioning. Currently, there is only one left in service: Dimitrij Donskoj. It is used as a test platform for ballistic missiles. His service will end when nuclear fuel runs out (2024-2025).