The Kashalot-class submarine (
NATO reporting name
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: Uniform), Soviet designation Project 1910, is a class of research and
special operations
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submarine constructed by the
Soviet Union
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during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
[Wertheim 2007, p.610.]
Two boats of the class were constructed, ''AS-13'' and ''AS-15'', with the first boat of the class being laid down in 1977 and commissioned in 1986, the second being laid down in 1983 but not commissioned until 1991. A third class boat, ''AS-12'', reached the fitting-out stage before being cancelled in 1998.
Displacing 1,580 tons submerged, the Kashalot class was constructed using a single
titanium
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hull design, and is powered by a
nuclear reactor
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; they were the first Soviet nuclear-powered
submarine
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s to have a single hull. The boats each have a crew of 36 officers and men.
AS-13 and AS-15 were reported active as of 2016.
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Russian and Soviet navy submarine classes
Submarines of the Soviet Navy
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