Production Programme
The Soviet Union built a total of 236 or 215 Whiskeys (sources vary). VADM Burov, head of the Soviet Defense Ministry's Shipbuilding Institute from 1969-1983, confirms 215 units built.
| Year | Gorkiy | Nikolayev | Baltic | Komsomolsk | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 1952 | 4 | 5 | - | - | 9 |
| 1953 | 19 | 11 | - | - | 30 |
| 1954 | 29 | 14 | - | 1 | 44 |
| 1955 | 37 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 67 |
| 1956 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 49 |
| 1957 | - | 9 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 1958 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Total | 116 | 72 | 16 | 11 | 215 |
Patrol submarines of the Whiskey class were exported to:
- Albania (four vessels, all retired)
- Bulgaria (two vessels, retired)
- China (five vessels, and another 21 built locally from parts provided by the Soviet Union, known as Type 03, all now retired)
- Egypt (seven vessels, retired)
- Indonesia (twelve vessels, and two as a source of spare parts, retired)
- North Korea (four vessels)
- Poland (four vessels, 1962–1986, retired)
- ORP Orzeł (292)
- ORP Bielik (295)
- ORP Sokół (293)
- ORP Kondor (294) - 10 June 1965 raising of the banner, 30 October 1985 lowering of the banner.
Cuba and Syria ordered used Whiskey-class submarines for use as battery charging hulks. The guided missile and radar picket boats were never exported.
By 1982, only 60 boats remained in the Soviet Navy (45 active, 15 in operational reserve); all were retired by the end of the Cold War.
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