Editing November-class submarine (section)

{{Short description|Soviet nuclear attack submarine class}}
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{|{{Infobox ship begin
| sclass = 2
}}
{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image = [[File:November class SSN 627 project.svg|300px|]] [[File:November class SSN 627A project.svg|300px]] [[File:November_class_SSN_645_project.svg|300px]]
| Ship caption = November-class SSN profile
}}
{{Infobox ship class overview
| Name = Project 627 “Kit”
| Builders = [[Sevmash]]
| Operators = {{naval|Soviet Union}}
| Class before = None
| Class after = {{sclass2|Victor|submarine|4}}
| Subclasses = 
| Cost = 
| Built range = 1957–1963
| In service range = 
| In commission range = 1959–1990
| Total ships building = 
| Total ships planned = 
| Total ships completed = 14 (1 project 627, 12 project 627A, 1 project 645)
| Total ships cancelled = 
| Total ships active = 
| Total ships laid up = 
| Total ships lost = 1 ('''K-8''' – 12.04.1970, accident in the Bay of Biscay)
| Total ships retired = 13 ('''K-27''' – 06.09.1982, deliberately scuttled in a training area in the Kara Sea; '''K-159''' – 30 August 2003, sank while being towed for scrapping in the Barents Sea; others scrapped; first unit held for conversion as museum sub)
| Total ships preserved = 
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
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| Header caption = 
| Ship class = [[Attack submarine|Nuclear attack submarine]]
| Ship type = 
| Ship tonnage = 
| Ship displacement = surface – 3,065 / 3,118 / 3,414&nbsp;t; submerged – 4,750 / 4,069 / 4,380&nbsp;t (project 627 / 627A / 645)
| Ship length = 107.4 / 109.8&nbsp;m (project 627A / 645)
| Ship beam = 7.9 / 8.3&nbsp;m (project 627A / 645)
| Ship height = 
| Ship draught = 
| Ship draft = 5.6 / 6.4 / 5.8&nbsp;m (project 627 / 627A / 645)
| Ship depth = 
| Ship hold depth = 
| Ship decks = 
| Ship deck clearance = 
| Ship ramps = 
| Ship ice class = 
| Ship power = 
| Ship propulsion = two water-cooled reactors VM-A 70&nbsp;MW each with steam generators, two turbogear assemblies 60-D (35,000&nbsp;hp total), two turbine-type generators GPM-21 1,400&nbsp;kW each, two diesel generators DG-400 460&nbsp;hp each, two auxiliary electric motors PG-116 450&nbsp;hp each, two shafts. Submarine of project 645 had two liquid metal-cooled reactors VT-1 73&nbsp;MW each and two more powerful turbine-type generators ATG-610 1,600&nbsp;kW each, no diesel generators.
| Ship sail plan = 
| Ship speed = surface – 15.2 / 15.5 / 14.7 knots; submerged – 30 / 28 / 30.2 knots (31 knots)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/09/21/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-ssn-688/dc657615-8270-4c71-89c8-e546f596e3ae/ |title=The Rise and Fall Of the SSN 688 |date=1986-09-21 |author1=Patrick E. Tyler |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409}}</ref> (project 627 / 627A / 645)
| Ship range = 
| Ship endurance = 50–60 days
| Ship test depth = 300–340&nbsp;m
| Ship boats = 
| Ship capacity = 
| Ship troops = 
| Ship complement = usually 104–105 men (including 30 officers)
| Ship crew = 
| Ship time to activate = 
| Ship sensors = MG-200 "Arktika-M" sonar system for target detection, "Svet" detection of hydroacoustic signals and underwater sonar communication sonar system, "MG-10" hydrophone station (project 627 submarines had "Mars-16KP"), "Luch" sonar system for detection of underwater obstacles, "Prizma" detection radar for surface targets and torpedo control, "Nakat-M" reconnaissance radar.
| Ship EW = 
| Ship armament = 8 533&nbsp;mm bow torpedo tubes (20 torpedoes SET-65 or 53-65K).
| Ship armour = 
| Ship armor = 
| Ship aircraft = 
| Ship aircraft facilities = 
}}
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The '''November class''', Soviet designation '''Project 627 Kit''' ({{langx|ru|Кит||[[whale]]}}, [[List of Soviet and Russian submarine classes|NATO reporting name]] '''November''')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ais.org/~schnars/aero/nato-shp.htm|title=NATO Code Names for Submarines and Ships}}</ref> was the [[Soviet Union]]'s first class of [[Nuclear submarine|nuclear-powered]] [[attack submarine]]s, which were in service from 1958 through 1990.<ref name="NATO list">{{cite web |title= NATO Code Names for Submarines and Ships: Submarine Classes / Reporting Name |work=Art and Aerospace Page |publisher=Univ. of Michigan, UMCC / AIS |url=http://www.ais.org/~schnars/aero/nato-shp.htm |access-date=29 April 2011}}</ref><ref name="PLR1"/> All but one have been disposed of,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deepstorm.ru/DeepStorm.files/45-92/nts/627a/list.htm|title=627|access-date=19 December 2014}}</ref> with the K-3, the first nuclear-powered submarine built for the Soviet Navy, being preserved as a memorial ship in [[Saint Petersburg]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rusnavy.com/news/navy/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=11811|title=Nuclear submarine Leninsky Komsomol will become a museum|access-date=19 December 2014}}</ref>