Geschichte
This submarine, naval (conventional) was built in 1966 by Leningrad Admiralty Shipyard.
Historische Notizen
From Wikipedia "The B39 Russian Submarine. One of a fleet of diesel electric submarines the Soviet Navy called “Project 641,” the B39 Russian submarine was commissioned in the early 1970s and served on active duty for more than 20 years. 300 feet in length and displacing more than 2000 tons, B-39 is among the largest conventionally powered submarines ever built. B-39 was decommissioned on 1 April 1994 and sold to Finland. This vessel made her way from there through a series of sales to Vancouver Island in 1996 and to Seattle, Washington, in 2002 before arriving in San Diego, California, on 22 April 2005 and becoming an exhibit of the Maritime Museum of San Diego. During her sequence of owners this vesse acquired the names "Black Widow" and "Cobra," neither of which this vessel had during her commissioned career. When B-39 was made a museum the shroud around her attack periscope was cut away where it passes through her control room. As built, a Foxtrot's periscopes are only accessible from her conning tower, which is off-limits in the museum. With the shroud cut away, tourists can look through the partially raised periscope (which is directed toward the USS Midway museum, some 500 yards (460 m) away). However, the unidentified and unexplained change gives the false impression that one periscope could be used from the control room. At one point B-39 was slated to be sunk to create an offshore diving reef, but an outcry from teachers and enthusiasts have ensured the sub will stay put for the time being.
In 2000, while stored in Vancouver, B-39 was used as a stage for scenes in the Stargate SG-1 episode "Small Victories".
In 2012 it was a stage for the movie Phantom." In 2022 this vessel was towed to Enenada Mexico for breaking up.
Eigentümer & Kapitäne
In 1962-1994 she was owned by the Soviet Navy.
She was launched on April 15, 1967 and commissioned on December 28, 1967. Transferred to the 9th Submarine Squadron of the Pacific Fleet, B-39 was homeported in Vladivostok.
She conducted patrols and stalked U.S. warships throughout the North Pacific, along the coast of the United States and Canada, and ranging as far as the Indian Ocean and the Arctic Ocean. After the end of the Vietnam War, she often made port visits to Danang. B-39 was decommissioned on April 1, 1994 and owned by Finland.
She made her way from there through a series of sales to Vancouver Island in 1996 and to Seattle, Washington, in 2002 before arriving in San Diego, California, on April 22, 2005 and becoming an exhibit of the Maritime Museum of San Diego. During her sequence of owners she acquired the names "Black Widow" and "Cobra," neither of which she had during her commissioned career. (Source Wikipedia Article (see references).
In 2005-2021 she was owned by the Maritime Museum of San Diego, CA.
Bewaffnung
10 torpedo tubes (6 bow, 4 stern)
Referenzen
- en.wikipedia.org ↗
- Email (George Schneider - Nauticapedia 05/03/2022)
- James L. Shaw (Power Ships No. 323 Fall 2022)
