Karelia K-18

K-18 Karelia
Career (Soviet Union, Russia)
Name:	K-18 Karelia
Namesake:	Karelia
Builder:	Sevmash, Severodvinsk
Laid down:	February 1987
Launched:	1988
Commissioned:	1989
Homeport:	Gadzhievo, Northern Fleet
Status:	Active
General characteristics
Class and type:	Delta IV-class ballistic missile submarine
Displacement:	18,200 tonnes (17,900 long tons; 20,100 short tons)
Length:	167 m (548 ft)
Beam:	11.7 m (38 ft)
Draft:	8.8 m (29 ft)
Installed power:	2 × VM-4 pressurized water reactors 180 MW (240,000 hp)
Propulsion:	2 × type GT3A-365 turbines, two shafts with seven-bladed fixed-pitch propellers
Speed:	Surfaced: 14 knots (26 km/h) Submerged: 24 knots (44 km/h)
Range:	Unlimited except by food supplies
Endurance:	80 days
Test depth:	550–650 m (1,800–2,130 ft)
Complement:	135-140
Sensors and processing systems:	Snoop Tray surface search radar
Armament:	16 × R-29RM Shtil or R-29RMUSineva nuclear ballistic missiles RPK-7 Veter anti-ship missiles 4 × 533-mm bow tubes for up to 12 torpedoes