The submarine U-461 is part of the Soviet project 651 . It is the last surviving boat of this class of the largest conventional underwater missile cruiser ever built. The boat serves as a museum in the Peenemünde Museum Landscape on Usedom and can be viewed there for a fee.
Developed as a weapon against US aircraft carrier combat groups , the boat was built in the early 1960s and entered service in 1965 under the designation K-24 , later renamed the B-124 . The diesel-electric powered submarine was on its training and patrol trips in the North Atlantic with four cruise missiles and torpedoes. The submarine had to surface to fire the cruise missiles.
In reserve status since 1988, the submarine was decommissioned in 1991. In 1998 two tugs brought the boat, renamed U-461, to Peenemünde.
Main engine: 2 diesel engines each 2,943 kW = 5,886 kW
2 main electric machines each 4,414 kW = 8,828 kW
Autonomy: 90 days
Dive duration: max. 33 days
Armament:
6 bow torpedo tubes caliber 533 mm
4 stern torpedo tubes caliber 400 mm
8 reserve torpedoes caliber 400 mm
4 launch tubes for anti-ship missiles SSN-3 Shaddock, caliber 900 mm
Fuel supply: max. 670 t
Fresh water: 44 t
Compressed air with 200 kg / cm² 37.8 m³
Provisions: 17.4 t
Crew: 78–82 men
Toilets: 3 pieces
Shower: 1
literature
А.Б. Широкорад: Советские подводные лодки послевоенной постройки. (AB Shirokorad: Soviet Post-War Submarine Buildings . ) Moscow 1997, ISBN 5-85139-019-0 (Russian)
Web links
Commons : U-461 - Album with pictures, videos and audio files
