Kilo Class / Project 877
Attack Submarine

  

Kilo Class Submarine

Kilo

Improved Kilo
Russian Designation: 

Project 877

Project 636

Manufacturer:

Komsomolsk, Gorki, and Sudomekh Shipyards

Role:

Medium Range Attack Submarine

Year Adopted:

1980

1987
Number in Class:

12

 9
Displacement:

2,325 Tons Surfaced
3,076 Tons Submerged

2,350 Tons Surfaced
3,126 Tons Submerged

Operational Status:

Russia - In Active service with Russian Navy
Still produced for export

Armament:

6x 533mm (21 inch) torpedo tubes, in the ship's bow*
1x portable SAM launcher (on Project 636 only)

*A mix of 18 torpedoes or SS-N-16 missiles or 24 AMD-1000 mines can be carried.

Sensor Suite:

1x 'Snoop Tray' surface search radar
1x Low frequency bow radar
1x Low Frequency torpedo fire control sonar
1x Torpedo fire control/information system
1x 'Brick Group'  ESM system

Engine:

Three diesel engines with three electric motors driving one seven bladed propeller shaft.

Crew:

53 Officers and Sailors

Length:

238 feet, 2 inches
(72.6 meters)

242 feet, 1 inch
(73.8 meters)

Draught:

21 feet, 7 inches
(6.6 meters)

Beam:

32 feet, 6 inches
(9.9 meters)

Maximum Speed:

12 knots surfaced
17 knots submerged

12 knots surfaced
20 knots submerged
Range:
  		7,500 Nautical miles when snorkeling at 7 knots
400 Nautical miles when submerged at 3 knots

Operating Depth
          Operational:
          Maximum:

 
Uncertain at Present
300 meters (2,133 feet)

     

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