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Peenemünde - "U-461"

The sail of the former Soviet submarine K-24 (B-124), yard number 511, which is a maritime museum exhibit in Peenemünde under the f@ke name of "U-461".

 

K-24 is a projekt 651 submarine, NATO reporting name of this class was Juliett-class. The projekt 651 boats were the largest diesel-electric submarines ever build.

 

Primary armament were four SS-N-3 Shaddock (P-5 or P-6), or later the SS-N-12 Sandbox (P-500 4K-80 Basalt) nuclear-capable cruise missiles, main target were aircraft carrier battle groups.

 

Secondary armament were 6x 533 mm bow torpedo tubes with 18 torpedoes and 4x 400 mm stern torpedo tubes with 4 torpedoes.

 

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Uploaded on December 16, 2023
Taken on April 26, 2019