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The first submarine of project 641 took to the service of the Soviet Navy in 1958, and the construction of the last completed in 1983. In the era of doatomnuyu Project 641 boats used for long hikes, in particular to American shores - is ocean submarine.



Americans called it "Foxtrot" - the submarine, which was almost the beginning of the Third World War and was one of the main characters sadly the Cuban Missile Crisis.

What value have these submarines can be understood from the history that happened during the Cuban missile crisis. During the Soviet-American aggravation submarines "Foxtrot" patrolling off the coast of Cuba, charged with torpedoes with nuclear warheads. October 27, 1962 a group of eleven American destroyers and aircraft carrier spotted one of the Soviet submarines and started dropping depth charges to get it to float to the surface.
The captain of the submarine Valentin Savitsky was decided that nuclear war has already begun, and gave the command to prepare for firing nuclear torpedoes on US ships. Fortunately, another officer, who was on board, Vasily Arkhipov, persuaded the captain not to do it, and float and wait for instructions from Moscow.
So submarine 641-year project almost became "Aurora" nuclear war. Later, the Americans acknowledged that this threat was much closer than they thought, and that "a guy called Vasili Arkhipov saved the world."



Submarines "Kiev" did not yet exist. It was launched on 29 May 1970. Under the name B-435 it became part of the Northern Fleet, and she, too, had to "see the world". During his service submarine made 14 long hikes, official visits docked at the port of Havana and Tunisia.



However, with the advent of nuclear submarines, which have virtually no restrictions range submarine Project 641 went to the status of a pretty good boat near zone.

The summer of 1990 the inland waterways of B-435 was transferred to the Black Sea and enlisted in the Black Sea Fleet.



Almost since 1997, when the distribution of the Black Sea Fleet submarine went to Ukraine, she stood on the repair.

18 March 2009, the diesel-electric submarines (SSK) U01 «Kiev" Naval Forces of Ukraine was transferred from the pier 13th Repair Plant Russian Black Sea Fleet, and put in a floating dock.



Although the project itself submarine thirty years ago, the submarine "Kiev" is equipped with new equipment and from a military point of view in the Black Sea was a submarine of this type are most effective. Diesel submarine is characterized by low visibility.



The emergence of "Kiev" in the waters of the Black Sea, of course, does not change the balance of military forces in the region, but Ukraine has its own submarine is of strategic importance. Its commissioning will improve the safety of the fleet - in case of emergencies at sea divers play a key role in the rescue operations.
This is a matter of prestige. In the Black Sea, one serving submarine are Bulgaria, Romania and Russia. Ukraine will no longer keep up with the neighbors.



Initial mooring tests were successful. All vehicle systems are working properly. But before going into the sea is still a number of checks. However, the fact that they are successful - no doubt. Tentatively in May Ukrainian submarine will be put on combat duty.