K-77

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K-77
The K-77 as a museum ship in Providence 2005
The K-77 as a museum ship in Providence 2005
Ship data
Ship type SSG
class Project 651
Shipyard Shipyard 112 Gorki
Keel laying January 31, 1963
Launch March 11, 1965
Commissioning October 31, 1965
Whereabouts scrapped in 2010
Ship dimensions and crew
length
85.9 m ( Lüa )
width 9.7 m
Draft Max. 6.92 m
displacement surfaced: 3,174 t
submerged: 4,180 t
 
crew 78 men
Machine system
machine 2 × Type 1D43 diesel engines 4000  hp

1 × Type 1DL42 diesel engine 1,000 PS
2 × PG-141 electric motors 6,000 PS
1 × PG-140 electric motor 200 PS

propeller 2 × impellers
Mission data submarine
Diving depth, normal 240 m
Immersion depth, max. 300 m
Top
speed
submerged 		14.5 kn
Top
speed
surfaced 		16 kn
Armament
  • 4 × launch tubes for cruise missiles
  • 6 × torpedo tubes (bow) Ø 533 mm
  • 4 × torpedo tubes (stern) Ø 406 mm

ammunition

The K-77 , also B-77 , was a submarine of the Soviet and later the Russian Navy and belonged to Project 651 . After her playing days, the K-77 was a bar in Finland and later a tourist attraction in Florida and then Rhode Island. In April 2007 the boat sank on the quay wall in a storm.

history

Military history

The boat was laid down in Gorki on January 31, 1963 and launched on March 11, 1965. Commissioning took place on October 31 of that year. Little is known about the history of the operation of the boat, presumably it mainly sailed in the Mediterranean Sea, off West Africa and on one occasion near the American Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. K-77 was decommissioned between 1991 and 1994.

Tourist attraction

It was then bought by Finnish businessman Jari Komulainen and used as a bar and restaurant in Helsinki in 1994 . Since the boat didn't drop as much as Komulainen had hoped, he rented the K-77 to a Canadian businessman who had it towed to Tampa Bay , Florida. He wanted to open it to the public in the port of Saint Petersburg . However, since the intended location in the harbor was not deep enough, the boat had to be moored outside the city and further away from the tourist centers. Shortly thereafter, the investor went bankrupt.

Komulainen then tried twice to sell the submarine for a starting price of one million US dollars on eBay , but there were no interested parties. However, the producers of the film K-19 - Showdown in the Deep temporarily rented the boat for US $ 200,000 to shoot scenes for the film. For this the K-77 was towed to Halifax . In 2002 the USS Saratoga Museum Foundation bought the submarine and towed it to Providence , Rhode Island , to be converted into a museum ship. In August 2002, the foundation opened the boat to the public, and in future it should be accessible next to the USS Saratoga (CV-60) .

Sink

The U-boat wreck in 2008

During a severe storm over Rhode Island on April 17, 2007, water penetrated through an opening cut in Finland in the bow torpedo room, which could not be completely sealed. About 30 hours after the first alarm, the boat sank on the quay wall in more than 10 meters deep water.

In June 2008, US Navy and US Army divers began attempts to raise the boat by pumping in compressed air. On July 25, 2008, they were able to bring the submarine back to the surface. It is unlikely that the K-77 will be restored as a museum after 15 months underwater, as museum director Frank Lennon said it would cost at least one million US dollars.

Web links

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