|  | Cruise Missile SubmarinesProject 651
NATO: 
Juliett Ñlass
 Completed 16 
units 
 Ships Project 651  
 | Name | Yard ¹ | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Note |   
| Baltic Shipyard ¹189 named after 
S.Ordzhonikidze, Leningrad - 2 units |   | K-156 | ¹552 | 16.11.1960 | 31.07.1962 | 10.12.1963 | from 25.07.1977 
- B-156 |   | K-85 | ¹553 | 25.10.1961 | 31.01.1964 | 30.12.1964 | from 
25.07.1977 - B-124 |   | Krasnoe 
Sormovo named after A.A.Zhdanov, Gorky - 14 units |   | K-24 | ¹511 | 15.10.1961 | 15.12.1962 | 31.10.1965 | from 25.07.1977 
- B-24 |   | K-68 | ¹512 | 25.01.1962 | 30.04.1963 | 28.12.1965 | from 25.07.1977 - B-68, from 19.04.1990 - BS-68 |   | K-63 | ¹513 | 25.04.1962 | 26.07.1963 | 12.06.1966 | from 25.07.1977 
- B-63 |   | K-70 | ¹514 | 25.08.1962 | 6.02.1964 | 31.12.1964 | from 25.07.1977 - B-270 |   | K-77 | ¹515 | 31.01.1963 | 11.03.1965 | 31.10.1965 | from 25.07.1977 - B-77 |   | K-58 | ¹521 | 15.07.1963 | 12.02.1966 | 23.09.1966 | from 
25.07.1977 - B-58 |   | K-81 | ¹522 | 20.11.1963 | 7.08.1964 | 14.12.1965 | from 
25.07.1977 - B-81 |   | K-73 | ¹523 | 1.08.1964 | 31.05.1966 | 15.12.1966 | from 
25.07.1977 - B-73 |   | K-67 | ¹524 | 31.01.1965 | 29.10.1966 | 30.09.1967 | from 
25.07.1977 - B-67 |   | K-78 | ¹525 | 25.07.1965 | 30.03.1967 | 1.11.1967 | from 
25.07.1977 - B-478 |   | K-203 | ¹531 | 25.12.1965 | 30.06.1967 | 2.12.1967 | from 
25.07.1977 - B-203 |   | K-304 | ¹532 | 6.08.1966 | 24.11.1967 | 21.08.1968 | from 
25.07.1977 - B-304 |   | K-318 | ¹533 | 29.03.1967 | 29.03.1968 | 29.09.1968 | from 
25.07.1977 - B-318 |   | K-120 | ¹534 | 25.03.1967 | 11.07.1968 | 26.12.1968 | from 25.07.1977 - B-120 |  
 
 General 
characteristics - Project 651  
 | Displacement (tons): |   | Surfaced: | 3140 |   | Submerged: | 4132 |   | Dimensions (m): |   | Length: | 85,9 |   | Beam: | 9,7 |   
| Draught: | 6,9 |   | Speed 
(knots): |   | Surfaced: | 16 
(with lead battery – 16) |   | Submerged: | 18,1 (wiht lead battery – 14,5) |   | Range: |   | Surfaced: | - |   
| Under snorkel: | 18000 nmi (7 knots) |   | Submerged: | 810 nmi (2,8 
knots), 27,8 nmi (18 knots) (with lead battery - 350 nmi (2,8 knots), 14,5 nmi 
(14,5 knots)) |   | Diving depth (m): |   | Operational: | 270 |   | Maximum: | 300 |   
| Endurance (days): | 90 |   | Propulsion: | 2x4000 hp 1D43 
diesels, 2x6000 hp MG-141 electric motors, 2x2000 hp PG-140 electric motors, 2 
fixed pitch propellers in nozzles, 1x1000 kW diesel-generator |   | Armament: | 2x2 
P-5Dcruise missiles launchers (from 1965 P-6 (4K88)) 6 533 mm bow torpedo 
tubes (6 torpedoes) – Leningrad-651 fire control system
 4 400 mm stern torpedo 
tubes (12 torpedoes)
 |   | Electronics: | Albatros radar complex, Nakat reconnaissance radar, MRPC-2 ESM Radar system (K-24 
from 1968), Nikhrom-M IFF, ARP-53 radar radio direction finder, Tamir-5L sonar, 
MG-200 Arktika-M sonar, Tuloma sonar, MG-10 Kola noise detection sonar, Svet-2 
sonar, MG-13 special sonar, Sila-N-651 navigation complex, Uspekh-U data link |   | Complement: | 83 (12 officers) |  
 Schematics  Cruise missile submarines - Project 651
 
 Modernizations Project 
651E Nerka – 1 unit: K-68 25.09.1976-3.12.1985 in Krasnoe Sormovo named after 
A.A.Zhdanov, Gorky– VAU-6 600 kW auxiliary nuclear power plant was addedProject 
651K – 1 unit: K-81 24.06.1967-21.12.1970 in Zvezdochka, Severodvinsk - Kasatka-B 
satellite data link was added
 Unrealized modifications: Project 
603 – for D-9 ballistic missile complex trials; Project 683
 
 Fleets Northern Fleet: K-24 (from 1.10.1981 Baltic Fleet), 
58, 63 (from 8.10.1966 Pacific Fleet), 67 (from 25.09.1981 Black Sea 
Fleet), 68 (from 8.12.1968 Baltic Fleet, from 6.03.1968 Nothern 
Fleet), 70 (from 15.03.1965 Pacific Fleet), 73 (from 19.10.1967 Pacific 
Fleet), 77 (from 6.09.1991 Baltic Fleet), 78 (from 8.12.1989 Baltic 
Fleet), 81 (from 23.04.1981 Baltic Fleet), 85 (from 24.02.1981 Baltic 
Fleet), 156, 203 (from 31.01.1990 Baltic Fleet), 304, 318 (from 3.12.1982 
Black Sea Fleet)Pacific Fleet: K-120
 
 Hull Numbers K-24: 461(1991)K-58: 578(1990)
 K-67: 454(1981), 
571(1990)
 K-68: 410(1991)
 K-77: 484(1991)
 K-81: 478(1981)
 K-85: 
148(1964), 190(1964), 470(1992)
 K-120: 519, 525
 K-156: 651(1963), 544
 K-203: 478, 472(1993)
 K-304: 425(1991)
 K-318: 414(1979), 586(1990)
 
 Decommissioned 1989 – K-63 (14.08), K-70 (30.06)1990 – K-58 
(19.04), K-68 (21.08), K-73 (19.04), K-81 (19.04), K-120 (19.04), K-156 (19.04), 
K-304 (19.04), K-318 (19.04)
 1991 – K-78 (24.06)
 1992 – K-85 (3.07), K-304 
(3.07)
 1993 – K-24 (30.06, from 1994 as museum in Copenhagen, from 1998 in 
Peenemunde U461), K-67 (30.06), K-77 (30.06, from 1994 as museum in Helsinki, 
from 1998 in St. Petersburg, from 2002 in Providence U484, on scrap in 2008), 
K-203 (30.06), K-85 (30.06)
 1994 – K-67 (5.07)
 
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