Project 659/NATO Echo I-class in SSN configuration. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Project 651/NATO Juliett-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Part of Project 651 named by NATO Juliett-class preceded by Echo-class succeeded by Charlie-class. Designed in end 1950s by a team with as chairman Abram Samuilovich Kassatsier. Building planned of 35 boats but 19 were cancelled and 16 completed. Laid down by Baltic Shipyard, Leningrad, Russia on 16 November 1960, launched on 31 July 1962, commissioned on 10 December 1963, decommissioned in September 1991 to be broken up.
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Russian Ships Info dated 12 April 2026 19:46 o’clock.
Juliett-class dated 5 May 2026 10:05 o’clock
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