Russian submarine Chita

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History
Naval Jack of Russia.svgRussia
NameB-260 Chita
Laid down22 February 1981
Launched23 August 1981
Commissioned30 December 1981
Decommissioned2013
FateSank while being towed for dismantling on 12 December 2019
General characteristics
Class and type Kilo-class submarine
Displacement
  • Surfaced: 2,300 tons
  • Submerged: 3,950 tons
Length73 m (239 ft 6 in)
Propulsion Diesel-electric propulsion
Speed
  • Surfaced: 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
  • Submerged: 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Endurance45 days
Complement52
Armament

B-260 Chita was a Project 877 Kilo-class submarine of the Russian Navy in service from 1981 to 2013, which sank in 2019 while being towed for dismantling.

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Description

Chita was a diesel-electric submarine with a surfaced displacement of 2,300 tons and submerged displacement of 3,950 tons. It had a length of 73 metres (239 ft 6 in), a beam of 10 metres (32 ft 10 in), and a draft of 6.2 metres (20 ft 4 in). Its test depth was 350 metres (1,150 ft), it had a maximum speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph), and it could operate at sea for up to 45 days at a time. It had a crew of 52 and operated six 21.8-inch (550 mm) torpedo tubes. [1]

History

Construction began on the submarine on 22 February 1981, when it was laid down at Leninsky Komsomol Shipyard in Komsomolsk-on-Amur as B-260. It was launched on 23 August and was commissioned on 30 December. It did not receive the name Chita until 19 March 2006, when it was sponsored by the city administration of Chita. [1] [2] While in service, Chita was assigned to the Pacific Fleet, and the ship was decommissioned and laid up in 2013.

Chita laid up in Dalzavod Dockyard in 2014 DEPL Varshavianka v doke Dal'zavoda.JPG
Chita laid up in Dalzavod Dockyard in 2014

In November 2019, Chita was handed over to the company JSC MPZ Askona to be broken up and dismantled. On 11 December, the submarine was being towed by the tug Lazurit from Vladivostok to the dismantling yard in Nakhodka while in poor weather conditions. During the transit, while in the Sea of Japan, the stern of the submarine sank and rested on the seafloor. The tug disconnected and anchored nearby, and since Chita was unmanned and carried no fuel, there were no casualties in the incident. It was stated that the submarine was to be refloated in order to continue to the dismantling yard. [3] [4]

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References

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  2. "Администрация Читы взяла шефство над субмариной Тихоокеанского флота" [The administration of Chita took patronage over the submarine of the Pacific Fleet]. RIA Novosti (in Russian).[ dead link ]
  3. Voytenko, Mikhail (13 December 2019). "Russian missile submarine sank in Japan sea". Fleetmon. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  4. Zubarev, Dmitry (12 December 2019). "Подлодка затонула в Приморье по пути на утилизацию" [The submarine sank in Primorye on the way to disposal]. Vzglyad (in Russian). Retrieved 30 June 2022.