Tomsk

Development and design

The design assignment was issued in 1969. The development of Project 949 was a new stage in the development of APRC-class submarines, which, in accordance with the concept of asymmetric response, were tasked with countering aircraft carrier strike formations. The new missile submarines were to replace the submarines of Projects 659 and 675 and in accordance with the terms of reference surpassed them in all basic parameters - could launch missiles from both surface and underwater position, had less noise, higher underwater speed, three times higher ammunition, missiles with radically improved combat capabilities. Project 949 became the pinnacle and the end of the development of highly specialized submarines (aircraft carrier killers).

In December 2011, they became known that the Rubin Central Design Bureau had developed a modernization project. It is planned to replace the P-700 missiles with the more modern P-800 Oniks missiles from the Caliber family. Modification of launch containers is planned, without alteration of the hull. The modernization of the nuclear submarine of the Northern Fleet will be carried out at the Zvezdochka CS, and the Zvezda shipyard.

The design is double-hulled, with a distance between a light and durable body of 3.5 meters, which provides a significant buoyancy margin, up to 30%, and provides additional protection against underwater explosions. For their characteristic appearance, they received the nickname baton, and for their powerful strike weapons they were nicknamed aircraft carrier killers. The robust housing is divided into ten internal compartments.

Construction and career

The submarine was laid down on 27 August 1991 at Sevmash, Severodvinsk. Launched on 20 July 1996 and commissioned on 30 December 1996.

On 9 October 1998, he became part of the 10th Submarine Division of the Pacific Fleet, based at Vilyuchinsk (Rybachy village, Krasheninnikov Bay), Kamchatka Territory.

Summer-autumn 1999, joint performance of BS missions with K-141 Kursk in the Mediterranean Sea. K-150 Tomsk was under the control of the crew of K-186 Omsk (commander - Captain 1st Rank VV Dmitriev, senior on board - Division Commander Rear Admiral NG Kovalevsky). Despite the fact that the US Navy's 3rd Fleet allocated significant forces to search and detect Russian SSGNs, the crew successfully completed all the assigned tasks. Upon completion of the BS, General of the Army A.V. Kvashnin awarded each crew member with a personal watch.

In 2001, two prizes were won by the Civil Code of the Russian Navy.

From September to December 2003, the execution of combat duty.

In 2003, he won the prize of the Civil Code of the Russian Navy.

In 2004, the fulfillment of the BS tasks, according to the results of the year, the crew won two prizes of the Civil Code of the Russian Navy.

In 2006 he won the prize of the Civil Code of the Russian Navy.

In 2007, two more prizes of the Civil Code of the Russian Navy were won.

In November 2008, the submarine arrived in the city of Bolshoy Kamen at the Zvezda shipyard to restore technical readiness.

In 2010, it was moved to the quay wall of the plant due to a breakdown of the cooling unit at one of the reactors. At the time of the repair, the readiness of the SSGN was ensured by the 621 crew.