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Soviet Navy nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (1960–1991)

Class overview
Hotel II-class submarine
Name	Hotel class
Builders	Severodvinsk
Operators	Soviet Navy
Preceded by	Golf class
Succeeded by	Yankee class
In commission	1960–1991
Completed	8
Retired	8
General characteristics
Type	Nuclear submarine
Displacement	Hotel II class : 5,500 long tons (5,588 t) submerged
Length	114 m (374 ft 0 in)
Beam	9.2 m (30 ft 2 in)
Draught	7.31 m (24 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	2 × pressurized water reactors, 2 shafts
Speed	18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h) surfaced 26 knots (30 mph; 48 km/h) submerged
Complement	104
Armament	Hotel I class : D-2 missile system 3 × R-13 (SS-N-4 Sark) missiles Hotel II class : D-4 missile system 3 × R-21 (SS-N-5 Serb) missiles

The Hotel class is the general NATO classification for a type of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine that was launched by the Soviet Union around 1959. The Soviet designation was Project 658.

Design

The development of the submarine, designed to carry the D-2 launch system and R-13 missiles, was approved on 26 August 1956. Work on the design began in September 1956, the technical project was completed in the first quarter of 1957.

The duties of the chief designer of Project 658 were originally assigned to the chief engineer of OKB-18, P.Z. Golosovskiy. In February 1958 project management was transferred to I.V. Mikhaylov, who in October 1958 had replaced S.N. Kovalev. From the outset the deputy of the chief designer was I.D. Spasskiy.

The Hotel design was based on the Project 627 November-class submarine, the first Soviet nuclear submarines. They were modified by adding the missile compartment from the Golf-class submarines. Additionally, the Hotels had small horizontal hydroplanes for better maneuverability and more reliable electro-hydraulic command control surfaces for high-speed underwater operations with reduced noise.

The D-2 launch system on the Hotels placed three R-13 missiles in vertical containers directly behind the sail. The submarine had to be surfaced to launch, but all three missiles could be fired within 12 minutes of surfacing.

Variants

Hotel I

The first Hotel-class submarine, K-19, was laid down on 17 October 1958 and commissioned on 12 November 1960, only to suffer numerous setbacks and accidents. The last of the eight Hotel submarines was launched on April 1, 1962. All of them were built at Severodvinsk State Shipyard 402 (now known as the Northern Machine-Building Enterprise - SEVMASH) in Molotovsk (now Severodvinsk) shipyard Russia.

Hotel II

Beginning in 1961 and ending in 1963, all Hotels but one (K-145) were equipped with the new D-4 launch system, which could launch missiles from a depth of 16 m (52 ft). The modified submarines received the NATO reporting name Hotel II. They were armed with R-21 (SS-N-5 Serb) missiles, with a range of 1,200 km (650 nmi). The installation of the D-4 launching system required some structural changes of the submarine; before launch, the launch tube had to be flooded. The chief designer of the modification was S.N. Kovalev.

Hotel III

From 1969 to 1970, K-145 was modified by Project 701 to test the R-29 missiles, receiving the NATO reporting name Hotel III. It was lengthened to 130 meters and its displacement increased to 5,500 tons surfaced and 6,400 tons submerged. The maximum speed was reduced to 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) on the surface and 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph) submerged. Six launchers for R-29 missiles were placed in two compartments, each with three launchers. In 1976 K-145 returned to combat service.

Vessels

Hotel-class — significant dates
#	Shipyard	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Status
K-19	SEVMASH, Severodvinsk	17 October 1958	11 October 1959	12 November 1960	Decommissioned in 1991 as KS-19 for scrap
K-33/K-54		9 February 1959	6 August 1960	24 December 1960	Decommissioned in 1987 for scrap
K-55		5 August 1959	18 September 1960	27 December 1960	Decommissioned in 1989 for scrap
K-40		6 December 1959	18 June 1961	27 December 1961	Decommissioned in 1987 for scrap
K-16		5 May 1960	31 July 1961	28 December 1961	Decommissioned in 1987 for scrap
K-145		21 January 1961	30 May 1962	31 October 1962	Decommissioned in 1989 for scrap
K-149		12 April 1961	20 July 1962	27 October 1962	Decommissioned in 1991 for scrap
K-178		11 September 1961	1 April 1962	8 December 1962	Decommissioned in 1990 for scrap

Notes

"658 HOTEL I / II / III- Russian and Soviet Nuclear Forces". nuke.fas.org. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
"658 HOTEL I/II/III". Federation of American Scientists. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
Hotel Class Submarines
^ Podvodnye Lodki Rossii, Atomnye Pervoye Pokoleniye; Tom IV, Chast 1;1st Defense Ministry Scientific-Research Institute & Rubin Central Design Bureau of Marine Equipment; Sankt peterburg, 1996
Jackson, Robert (2000), Submarines of the World, Friedman/Fairfax Books, ISBN 1-58663-294-9, OCLC 48261790

References

Page in Russian Language Archived 2008-01-21 at the Wayback Machine
Page in English from FAS
Hotel Class Submarines - Complete Ship List (English)
The Encyclopedia Of Warships, From World War Two To The Present Day, General Editor Robert Jackson.

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K-16 K-19 K-33 K-40 K-55 K-145 K-149 Ukrainsky Komsomolets K-178
List of Soviet and Russian submarines List of Soviet and Russian submarine classes

v t e Soviet and Russian submarine classes after 1945
Ballistic missile nuclear submarines	658 Hotel 667A Yankee 667B Delta I 667BD Delta II 667BDR Delta III 941 Typhoon 667BDRM Delta IV 955 Borei
Cruise missile nuclear submarines	659 Echo I 675 Echo II 670 Charlie I 670M Charlie II 661 Papa 949 Oscar I 949A Oscar II 885 Yasen 545 Laika (proposed)
Nuclear attack submarines	627A November 671 Victor I 671RT Victor II 671RTM Victor III 705/705K Alfa 945 Sierra I 945A Sierra II 685 Mike 971 Akula 09851 Khabarovsk (under construction)
Conventional ballistic missile submarines	AV611 Zulu IV 629 Golf
Conventional cruise missile submarines	644/665 Whiskey (missile) 651 Juliett
Conventional attack submarines	611 Zulu 613 Whiskey 615 Quebec 617 Whale 633 Romeo 641 Foxtrot 641B Tango 877 Kilo 636 Improved Kilo 677 Lada Amur (proposed) S1000 (development suspended) Kalina (proposed)
Auxiliary submarines	690 Bravo 940 India 1710 Beluga 1840 Lima 1910 Uniform 865 Losos 210 Losharik 20120 Sarov
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