November Class Submarine
The Project 627 (Russian – проект 627 "Кит" (Whale), NATO – November) class submarine was the Soviet Union's first class of nuclear-powered submarines. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) used the standard radio communication phonetic alphabet to denote submarine classes. November Class was the designation for this initial series of Soviet nuclear powered torpedo attack submarines, which were in service from 1958 through 1991. All disposed Submarine K-3, the first nuclear submarine built for the Soviet Navy, might be preserved as a memorial.
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