When the Russian navy finaly decommison all the Typhoon (Akula) class SSBNs what submarine will the hold the record for being the biggest?
In pure mass it should be the russian Oscar II SSGN class but then its shorter then all the russian and most of western SSBNs. The new russian Borei class has a lengh of 170m but so does the U.S Ohio class. Ohio has more displacement when surfaced (16.000 tons) in comparement with the borei (14.000 tons). The Borei has more when its submerged (24.000 tons), Ohio (18.700 tons).
Its a very close match.
In pure mass it should be the russian Oscar II SSGN class but then its shorter then all the russian and most of western SSBNs. The new russian Borei class has a lengh of 170m but so does the U.S Ohio class. Ohio has more displacement when surfaced (16.000 tons) in comparement with the borei (14.000 tons). The Borei has more when its submerged (24.000 tons), Ohio (18.700 tons).
Its a very close match.