Zapadnaya Litsa
Hull number "TК-202" was laid down at the Sevmash shipyards in Severodvinsk in October 1980 and launched in April 1982. She was the second ship of the Soviet Project 941 "Akula" class (Russian for "shark", NATO reporting name "Typhoon"). In December 1983, she began her commission in the Soviet Northern Fleet. She was, along with the other "Akula"s, based in Nerpichya Bay, Zapadnaya Litsa.