Soviet submarine B-59
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Soviet submarine B-59 (Russian: Б-59) was a Project 641 or Foxtrot-class diesel-electric submarine of the Soviet Navy. It played a key role near Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis, when senior officers—out of contact with Moscow and the rest of the world, believing they were under attack and possibly at war—considered firing a T-5 nuclear torpedo at US ships.[2]
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B-59 near Cuba with a US Navy helicopter circling above, circa October 28–29, 1962 | |
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Name | B-59 |
Builder | Admiralty Shipyard |
Laid down | 21 February 1960[1] |
Launched | 11 June 1960 |
Commissioned | 6 October 1961 |
Decommissioned | 19 April 1990[1] |
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Class and type | Foxtrot-class submarine |
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Length | 91.3 m (299 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) |
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Complement | 70 |
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