OVERVIEW: The GOLF II (Project 629A) and V class is a diesel-powered ballistic missile submarine.

DETAILS:   The GOLF was the first submarine built to launch ballistic missiles.  All but one unit of the GOLF II SSB are GOLF I SSB submarines converted in 1965 to operate the submerged launched SS-N-5 SLBM. One GOLF II  submarine, the K-129 sank in 1968. Portions of this submarine were recovered by the GLOMAR EXPLORER. 

NOTES: 
      Displacement: 2,700 tons submerged.
       Speed: approximately 12-14 knots submerged
       Range: 9,000 nm @ 5 knots 
       Complement: 85 (approx.)
       Hulls built:  14 
       Period of Service:	  1958 (GOLF I); 1966-90 (GOLF II)

SOURCES: Norman Polmar, "Guide to the Soviet Navy, 3rd ed. (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1983), 92 ; Norman Polmar, "Submarines of the Russian and Soviet Navies, 1718-1990. (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1991), 289 ; Federation of American Scientists. "629A GOLF II - Russian and Soviet Nuclear Forces." Accessed November 30, 2013. http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/slbm/629A.htm.


