Russian submarine K - 407 Novomoskovsk " Novomoskovsk " ( " K - 407 " ) is a Project 667BDRM " Delfin " - class ballistic missile submarine ( NATO reporting name " Delta - IV " ) of the Russian Navy ' s Northern Fleet . Background . Construction of the nuclear submarine " K - 407 " " Novomoskovsk " began at the Northern Machinebuilding Enterprise ( Sevmash ) in Severodvinsk on February 2 , 1987 , and it became part of the Soviet Navy on November 27 , 1990 . She was the last of seven 667BDRM " Delfin " submarines and the last SSBN submarine built in the USSR . This class of submarines was developed at the Rubin Design Bureau in 1975 and is considered one of the most successful Soviet submarine missile carrier designs . Specification . The submarine has a submerged displacement of 18 , 200 tons and a surface displacement of 11 , 700 tons . It is 167 m long and 11 . 7 m wide . It is powered by two OK - 700A nuclear reactors with a total power of 180 MW . The submarine ’ s immersion depth is 400 m ; its surface speed is , and its underwater speed is . It carries a crew of 135 . Armaments include a D - 9RM missile system ( 16 RSM - 54 ballistic missiles ) and four 533 - mm torpedo tubes ( 18 torpedoes ) . The RSM - 54 missile ( 3M37 , R - 29RM , or SS - N - 23 according to the NATO classification ) is a liquid - propellant , three - stage missile with separable heads ( it carries four or ten warheads depending on the modification ) . It has a range of 8300 km , a hit accuracy of 500 m , and a launching mass of 40 . 3 tons . It is 14 . 8 m long and 1 . 9 m in diameter . History . On 6 August 1991 21 : 09 " Novomoskovsk " , under the command of Captain Second Rank Sergey Yegorov , became the world ' s only submarine to successfully launch an all - missile salvo , launching 16 ballistic missiles ( RSM - 54 ) of total weight of almost 700 tons at an interval of several seconds ( operation code name " Behemoth - 2 " ) . The first and the last missiles hit their targets successfully , while the others were self - destroyed in the air according to the plan . This operation was considered by the Soviet Navy as a part of possible nuclear war scenario ( " Dress rehearsal of the Apocalypse " ) and experimentally confirmed the technical possibility of a safe underwater all - missile salvo . Politically , the Soviet ballistic missile submarines passed a reasonability check as a part of strategic triad . The previous attempt of an all - missile salvo ( operation code name " Behemoth " ) was performed in 1989 and finished unsuccessfully , however with no casualties . As the experiment took place just before the August Putsch in the USSR , its results were forgotten for a while , and the crew ' s work wasn ' t rewarded by the Soviet government authorities . On 19 March 1993 , " Novomoskovsk " , under the command of Captain First Rank Andrey Bulgarkov , collided with USS " Grayling " ( SSN - 646 ) . The American submarine was trailing the Russian submarine and miscalculated its speed . Both submarines returned to their homeports , and though badly damaged both returned to service . " Grayling " was decommissioned some four years later , while " Novomoskovsk " remains in service over ten years later . In 1996 , " Novomoskovsk " , together with the K - 447 submarine , fired a batch of ballistic missiles . The operation was a complete success . The city of Novomoskovsk in Tula Oblast took the submarine under its patronage , and on June 19 , 1997 , " K - 407 " received the name " Novomoskovsk " . On 7 July 1998 , " Novomoskovsk " launched a Shtil - 1 carrier rocket with two German scientific Tubsat - N and Tubsat - N1 microsatellites while submerged in the Barents Sea . The satellite , developed by Berlin Technical University , was placed in orbit on an SS - N - 23 ( RSM - 54 ) - type ballistic missile . The Northern Fleet was paid some 200 , 000 German Mark ( US $ 111 , 000 ) for the launch . In 1999 , " Novomoskovsk " pioneered the launch of a ballistic missile from the geographic location of the North Pole . On 17 February 2004 , " Novomoskovsk " seemingly attempted to test - fire a SS - N - 23 ballistic missile , but the missile failed to come out of its silo because of an unspecified technical problem . The Russian Navy , despite earlier statements describing the test , explained that no " physical " launch was intended at all : the exercise was supposed to be a simulation . President of Russia Vladimir Putin was aboard " Arkhangelsk " , an " Akula " - class ballistic missile submarine ( NATO reporting name " Typhoon " ) , to observe the exercise . On 17 March 2004 , " Novomoskovsk " physically test - fired two SS - N - 23 ballistic missiles , successfully hitting designated practice targets on the Kamchatka Peninsula . Like the other 667BDRM Delfin ships in service with the Northern Fleet , the " K - 407 " is slated to receive new SLBMs to replace the RSM - 54 . The missile is a new - build , minor modernization of the RSM - 54 . It does not bear a separate designator from the RSM - 54 / R - 29RM / SS - N - 23 asides from the name " Sineva " . Testing of the R - 29RM " Sineva " was completed in June 2004 . The " Novomoskovsk " is the third Delfin - class submarine in line to receive the new missile ( after her siblings K - 51 " Verkhoturye " and K - 84 " Ekaterinburg " ) . She was fully overhauled and modernized in 2006 before returning to service . In July 2006 , cleric of Aleksandr Nevskiy Cathedral , the head of the Diocesan department on interaction with the Armed Forces and law enforcement agencies , priest Leonid Leontiuk was temporarily included in the personnel list of the " K - 18 " " Kareliya " and was on board of the " K - 407 " " Novomoskovsk " . During the deployment the priest has performed the consecration ceremony of submarine ' s compartments , met with submarine personnel , led discussions on the basics of faith and spiritual life . Six sailors got baptized on board . In November 2008 K - 407 Novomoskovsk went to the Zvezdochka plant to general overhaul and modernization . On Jul 29 , 2012 the submarines refit was finished and the ship was returned in active service . The submarine is expected to remain in service until 2020 . Present . At the moment , " Novomoskovsk " is worthy of the proud name of " the most shooting " submarine of the Russian Navy . The submarine is currently part of the 31st Order of the Red Banner underwater strategic missile cruiser division of the 12th submarine squadron of the Northern Fleet ( Olenya Bay , Skalisty Naval Base ) . The submarine ’ s commander is Captain Stepan Kelbas . As a member of association of Russian regions and cities , patrons of Northern Fleet ships and units , the Tula Oblast patronages K - 114 " Tula " and " K - 407 " " Novomoskovsk " submarines and assists in patriotic education and preparation of young people for serving in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation . Citizens of Novomoskovsk have preference to serve on " K - 407 " " Novomoskovsk " . The submarine crew are regularly provided by humanitarian goods and visited by the city authorities . Popular culture . In 2007 , Russia n plastic model manufacturer Alanger introduced a 1 : 350 scale model of " K - 407 " " Novomoskovsk " .