YANKEE class SSBN

   NUCLEAR-PROPELLED BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINES (SSBN)
   PODVODNAYA LODKA ATOMNAYA RAKETNAYA BALLISTICHESKAYA (PLARB)

 0 units Completed 1967-1974

 

The Yankee was the first "modern" Soviet SSBN class, being similar to the early US and British Polaris designs. The Yankee has a smaller rise to the top of the hull aft of the sail over the missile tubes than the later Delta classes. Some Yankees had an angled edge at the forward base of their sail for a sonar installation. The...