Editing Victor-class submarine (section)

==Incidents==
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* In 1981 {{USS|Drum|SSN-677|6}} collided with a Victor III-class submarine—''[[Soviet submarine K-324|K-324]]''—while attempting to photograph the odd pod on the back. The event was covered up by the [[Reagan Administration]] and never made public, though it nearly cost the lives of the sailors on USS ''Drum''.<ref>{{cite book |first=W. Craig |last=Reed |date=2010 |title=Red November: Inside the Secret U.S.-Soviet Submarine War |location=New York City |publisher=[[William Morrow and Company]] |isbn=978-0-06180-676-6}}</ref>{{page number?|date=March 2021}} The incident was declassified and disclosed by the [[Clinton Administration]] in February 1993.
* On 21 March 1984, ''[[Soviet submarine K-314|K-314]]'' collided with the aircraft carrier {{USS|Kitty Hawk|CV-63|6}} in the [[Sea of Japan]]. Neither ship was significantly damaged. <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/22/world/soviet-sub-and-us-ship-collide.html |title=SOVIET SUB AND U.S. SHIP COLLIDE |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=22 March 1984 |access-date=2023-12-21}}</ref>
* The [[SS Bratstvo (1963)|Soviet cargo ship ''Bratstvo'']] collided with the Soviet submarine ''K-53'' of the Victor I-class in position Latitude 35 deg 55 min North and Longitude 005 deg 00 min West, at the exit from the [[Gibraltar Strait]] in [[Alboran Sea]], on 18 (as per ship's time) or 19 (as per submarine time) September 1984.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
* On 6 September 2006, the Victor III-class [[Russian submarine Daniil Moskovsky (K-414)|''Daniil Moskovskiy'']] suffered an electronics fire while in the Barents Sea, killing two crew members. The boat was 16 years old and was overdue for overhaul. It was towed back to [[Vidyayevo]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/i_latestdetail.asp?id=40867 |title=Fire aboard Russian nuclear submarine kills 2 crew members |newspaper=[[The China Post]] |date=7 September 2006 |access-date=2013-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305161930/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/i_latestdetail.asp?id=40867 |archive-date=5 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Bellona">{{Cite web |url=http://www.bellona.org/subjects/1140451820.2 |title=Northern Fleet accidents and incidents |website=[[Bellona Foundation]] |access-date=2006-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060823002940/http://www.bellona.org/subjects/1140451820.2 |archive-date=2006-08-23 |url-status=dead}}</ref> She continued to serve into the latter 2010s and was reportedly formally decommissioned on 28 October 2022.<ref>[https://www-deepstorm-ru.translate.goog/DeepStorm.files/45-92/nts/671RTM/K-414/K-414.htm?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc Deep Storm]</ref>