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Project 613 class


NATO: Whiskey class


Overview

Project 613 class

A former-Soviet navy Project 613 (NATO: Whiskey III) serving as a museum ship in St. Petersburg as seen in 2008.
Source: Andrey Butko - © CC-BY-SA 3.0

Origin
Soviet Union
Type
Diesel-electric attack submarine
Entered service
1951
Status
Obsolete
Development
Late 1940's
Developer
Soviet Union - TsKB-112 Lazurit central design bureau
Production
1950 - 1958 (USSR)
1955 - 1964 (China)
Producer
Soviet Union - Krasnoye Sermovo yard, Gorky (116 pcs)
116 units
Soviet Union - No. 444 yard Nosenko, Nikolaev
72 units
Soviet Union - No. 189 yard Baltisk, Leningrad
16 units
Soviet Union - No. 199 yard Leninsky Komsomol, Komsomolsk-na-Amur
11 units
China - Jiangnan shipyard, Shanghai
China - Wuchang shipyard, Wuhan
Number produced
215, including 28 Project 613V
21 in China
Designations
Whiskey class (NATO reporting name)
Notable users
Soviet Union
China
Indonesia

Details

Facts Project 613 class
General
Origin
Soviet Union
Type
Diesel-electric attack submarine
Complement
55, including 9 officers
Dimensions
Displacement (surface)
1.045 t
Displacement (submerged)
1.340 t
Length
76 m
Beam
6.3 m
Draft
5.3 m
Propulsion
Arrangement
2x PG-101 main electric motors, 1.350 hp each
2x PG-103 economic electric motors, 50 hp each
Power source
2x 37D diesel engines, 2.000 hp each
224 batteries of type 46SU
Propulsion
2 shafts, shrouded six blade controllable pitch propellers
Mobility
Speed (surface)
18.3 knots
Speed (submerged)
3.1 knots
Range
2.760 nm surfaced at 18.3 knots
8.580 nm surfaced at 10 knots
13 nm submerged at 13.1 knots
353 nm submerged at 2 knots
Depth
170 m operating depth
200 m max depth
Endurance
30 days
Sensors
Sonar
Tamir-5L
Surface search
Flag X-band surface search radar (NATO: Snoop Plate)
Periscope
2x
Self-defense
Electronic warfare
Anker ELINT system (early)
Nakat ELINT system (late)
Mars-24 active sonar detection
RPN-47-03 radio direction finder (early)
ARP-53 radio direction finder (late)
IFF
Fakel-MO-1 (early)
Khrom-K (late)
Guns
Dual purpose
1x2 57mm SM-24ZIF with 250 rounds (early ships, removed since 1957/58)
Dual purpose
1x2 25mm 2M-8 with 2.000 rounds (early ships, removed since 1957/58)
Torpedoes
Tube arrangement
4x 533mm bow tubes
2x 533mm stern tubes
Weapon types
53-38, 53-38U, 53-39, 53-39U, 53-39PM, 53-39PMU, ET-80, ET-46, 53-51, 53-56V non-homing torpedoes
SAET-50, SAET-50M, SAET-60M passive acoustic homing anti-shipping torpedoes
53-61, 53-65K acoustic wake homing torpedoes
SET-53 passive acoustic homing anti-submarine torpedo
Weapon load
12 torpedoes or 22 AMD-1000 mines

Variants

Soviet designations

Project 613
Designation for the vast majority of coastal patrol variants of this design. Apparently applies to various gun configurations, without or with snorkel, and later streamlined with guns removed as well.
Project 613V
Designation for 28 vessels built with longer autonomy (45 vs 30 days), longer range (10.600 nm vs 8.600 nm) and improved sonar.
Project 644
Six existing Whiskeys rebuilt with two launch canisters for P-5 missiles that had to be raised before launch.
Project 665
Six existing Whiskeys rebuilt with enlarged sail with four P-5 missile canisters at an angle.
Project 640
Four Project 665 (Long Bin) Whiskeys rebuilt again to radar picket ships. Two of which rebuilt again at later stage for satellite communications.
Project 613A/D/RV/etc
There are at least 15 configurations for testing new weapons, sonar suites, propulsion upgrades, etc. Sometimes the same vessel assigned to experimental service was updated several times. Two vessels were used as manned target vessels for weapons testing by adding a triple layer of wood to the hull.

NATO reporting names

Whiskey I
Early model with 25mm guns only.
Whiskey II
Early model with twin 57mm SM-24ZIF behind the sail in addition to the 25mm guns in front.
Whiskey III
Existing Whiskey submarines with guns removed since 1957/58. Can be identified by still having the gun deck behind the sail.
Whiskey IV
Variant of the Whiskey that added a snorkel for operating the diesel engines at periscope depth.
Whiskey V
Streamlined hull model without any guns. Existing earlier Whiskeys were rebuilt to this standard. Some late production models may have been built to this standard right away.
Whiskey Single Cylinder
Single existing Whiskey rebuilt as test platform for P-5 missile system.
Whiskey Twin Cylinder
NATO reporting name for Project 644.
Whiskey Long Bin
NATO reporting name for Project 665.
Whiskey Canvas Bag
NATO reporting name for Project 640.

Media

Armament

Note: incomplete list

57mm ZIF-31

1x2 57mm twin barrel SM-24ZIF dual purpose gun mounted behind the sail. Derived from ZIF-31 gun mount. Removed since 1957 onward.

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25mm 2M-8

1x2 25mm twin barrel 2M-8 anti-aircraft gun turret in front of sail. Removed from 1958 onward.

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Type 53-38

World War 2 era straight running anti-shipping torpedo.

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Type 53-39

World War 2 era straight running anti-shipping torpedo.

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SAET-50

Passive acoustic homing anti-shipping torpedo.

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SAET-60

Passive acoustic homing anti-shipping torpedo.

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Type 53-65

Acoustic wake homing torpedo.

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SET-53

Acoustic homing anti-submarine warfare torpedo.

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