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Подводная кругосветка советских атомоходов — первое в мире подводное кругосветное плавание без всплытия, совершённое советскими атомными подводными лодками К-116 и К-133 под командованием контр-адмирала А. И. Сорокина в феврале-марте 1966 года для перебазирования из Северного флота в Тихоокеанский[1][2].

Технически, это было не полностью кругосветное путешествие: выйдя в ночь на 2 февраля из пункта базирования Западная Лица на Кольском полуострове, лодки прошли через Атлантику, обогнули Южную Америку через пролив Дрейка, пересекли Тихий океан и через 52 дня после отплытия, преодолев 39 000 км, 26 марта 1966 года, прибыли на Камчатку, не замкнув круг. Подлодки преодолели все противолодочные линии обороны потенциального противника, оставшись ни разу не замеченными, преподнеся большой неприятный сюрприз разведкам НАТО и США[3].

Контекст

Первое мировое кругосветное подводное плавание было совершено американской АПЛ «Тритон» в 1960 году (операция «Санбласт»). За его время подлодке пришлось один раз всплыть, для эвакуации заболевшего матроса Джона Р. Пула.

СССР избрал путь развития своего атомного подводного флота, радиакльно отличный от пути, избранного в США. Первые АПЛ США были лишь экспериментальными образцами, которые однако могли исполнять отдельные миссии, в то время как СССР сразу взялся за серийное производство ракетных подводных крейсеров стратегического назначения с установками вертикального пуска[4]. Эти советские АПЛ по многим параметрам были лучше американских, но испытывали серьёзные проблемы с реакторными отсеками, требовавшими ремонта и исправления их технических недостатков[5]. В результате, во время Карибского кризиса 1962 года ВМФ СССР не смог развернуть АПЛ в поддержку операции «Анадырь» по доставке на Кубу баллистических ракет средней дальности[6].

Поход

The first submerged circumnavigation by a detachment (Russian: отряд; otryad) of submarines was undertaken by two submarines under the overall command of Rear Admiral Anatoliy Ivanovich Sorokin. The detachment departed from the Red Banner Northern Fleet on 1 February 1966.[7][8][9] Planning for the mission was credited to Admiral Vladimir Chernavin, then the commander of a Northern Fleet division of submarines and later to become Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy.[10] The detachment’s sailing orders from the Main Naval Staff read in part:

Graphic depicting a submarine with a rounded bow, cylindrical hull that tapers to a fin-like rudder, a conning tower near the bow that tapers backward and has nine radio masts and periscopes, and two propeller shafts near its stern.
Project 627 (November-class) submarine
Graphic depicting a submarine with a blunt squared-off bow, a wide cylindrical hull that end in a blunt stern and rudder, a low conning tower that has nine radio masts and periscopes, and two propeller shafts near its stern.
Project 675 (Echo II-class) submarine

You will be passing through seas and oceans where Russian sailors have not traveled in more than 100 years. We firmly believe that you will successfully surmount all difficulties and carry the Soviet Navy Flag with honor through three oceans and many seas.[10]

The detachment consisted of the Project 627 (November-class) attack submarine K-133 under the command of Captain 2nd Rank V.T. Vinogradov and the Project 675 (Echo II-class) cruise missile submarine K-116 under the command of Captain 2nd Rank L.N. Stolyarov, with K-116 serving as the detachment’s flagship.[7][11][12][13] The oceanographic salvage ship Polyus escorted the submarines during their transit.[11]

The detachment crossed the Barents Sea, the Norwegian Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean via the Drake Passage which, according to Academian A.M. Chepurov, was the most dangerous phase of the voyage.[7][8] Concerns included icebergs and collisions with whales.[8] The ships' personnel participated in line-crossing ceremonies when the detachment crossed the Equator.[7][8] They also celebrated the landing of the Soviet space probe Venera 3 on the surface of the planet Venus.[10] The detachment completed its circumnavigation by arriving at the Pacific Fleet submarine base in Vilyuchinsk on 26 March 1966, having covered Шаблон:Convert/nmi in 52 days.[7][8] The detachment reportedly encountered numerous U.S. naval vessels during its around the world voyage, but successfully avoided detection.[8]

Последствия

The circumnavigation served an immediate political purpose because the mission was dedicated to the 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.[8] The voyage provided a showcase for the capabilities of the Soviet Navy’s nuclear submarine fleet as well as the professionalism of its personnel.[8] Approximately one-third of the detachment personnel were members of Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and the rest were Komsomol members.[8] Scientific studies were carried out during the voyage.[8] Shipboard systems, tactical coordination, communications, and training were also carried out under a variety of climatic conditions.[8] The timing of circumnavigation’s completion coincided with discussions regarding the upcoming Five-Year Defense Plan.[9] Minister of Defense Rodion Malinovsky addressed the 23rd Congress on 2 April 1966:

In recent years, the number of long cruises by our nuclear submarines have increased by 5-fold and they have clearly demonstrated the capability of our glorious sailors to successfully carry out any mission in the ocean expanses from the Arctic to Antarctic. Several days ago an around-the-world cruise by a group of nuclear submarines traveling submerged was successfully concluded.[8]

The announcement was reportedly «greeted with stormy applause.»[9] Admiral Sorokin was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union from Nikolai Podgorny, the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.[8] K-133 commander Vinogradov, chief engineer S.P. Samsonov, and three other participants were awarded the titles of Heroes of the Soviet Union.[7][8] The New York Times reported the voyage in the following UPI dispatch dated 8 April 1966:

A squadron of nuclear-powered Soviet missile submarines kept a close watch on American planes and ships encountered during a recent around-the-world voyage, Krasnaya Zvezda said today. An officer who made the six-week tour as a special correspondent reported in the Defense Ministry newspaper that American planes and ships were detected several times. "Every time the necessary measures were taken on board the atomic submarines, " he said. On one occasion, when his submarine rose to periscope depth, he said, a United States plane was sighted and «we dived lower so as not to whet the appetites of the antisubmarine forces of the imperialists.» "Of course, we had nothing to be afraid of, " he added. «We crossed the seas and oceans strictly observing the international rules of navigation»[14]

The unnamed naval officer cited in the above article was undoubtedly Captain 2nd Rank G.A. Savichek.[8]

Legacy

While this submerged circumnavigation by a group of submarines received little notice outside of Soviet naval circles,[9] Soviet nuclear submarine operations took on an increasingly blue-water orientation. In 1968, a November-class submarine successfully tracked a carrier task group led by the nuclear aircraft carrier Шаблон:USS much to the surprise of U.S. naval intelligence.[6] Also, the Soviet Navy deployed its first true nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, the Шаблон:Sclass2, which began its first nuclear deterrence patrol in June 1969.[15]

Project 667A (Yankee-class) submarine

A detachment of two nuclear submarines, one of them a ballistic missile submarine, subsequently undertook a second around-the-world voyage, departing from the Barents Sea on January 5, 1976, and following a route similar to the one taken in 1966. The detachment commander, Captain 1st Rank Valentin Y. Sokolov, was personally selected by Admiral Sergey Gorshkov, the Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy, to command this detachment. This strategic deterrence patrol included operations in the North Atlantic. During its transit of the South Pacific, the detachment discovered a previously unknown ocean current. The detachment transferred to the Kamchatka Flotilla of the Soviet Pacific Fleet after 70 days at sea.[16]

For the Soviet Navy itself, its blue-water aspirations culminated in OKEAN, a 1970 worldwide naval exercise. This feat was replicated with OKEAN 75, a three-week follow-up held in April-May 1975.[17] Soviet Defense Minister Andrey Grechko declared:

The Okean maneuvers were evidence of the increased naval might of our socialist state, an index of the fact our Navy has become so great and strong that it is capable of executing mission in defense of our state interests over the broad expanses of the World Oceans.[18]

The impact of this Soviet naval expansion was summarized by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Peter Hill-Norton, RN, the chairman of NATÓs military staff committee, who observed: «The U.S. had never previously faced a global threat to its sea-lane communications from a mix of subsurface, surface and maritime-air naval forces. This is a strategic change of kind, not of degree.»[19]

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Примечания

  1. ↑ Chronology of the three centuries of the Russian Fleet: Introduction. History. Russian Navy (1998–2010). — «1966. The world’s first group circumnavigation was undertaken by several Soviet submarines under the command of Rear-Admiral A.I. Sorokin.». Дата обращения: 7 апреля 2010. Архивировано 21 апреля 2010 года.
  2. ↑ Polmar, Norman. Cold War Submarines: The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines / Norman Polmar, J.K. Moore. — Washington, DC : Potomac Books, 2004. — P. 78. — «Hereafter referred to as Polmar and Moore. Cold War Submarines». — ISBN 1-57488-530-8.
  3. ↑ Подводная кругосветка: как советские подлодки обогнули земной шар // «Русская газета», 28 февраля 2020.
  4. ↑ Polmar and Moore. Cold War Submarines, pp. 76-78, 82, 84.
  5. ↑ Polmar and Moore. Cold War Submarines. pp. 112—113.
  6. ↑ 6,0 6,1 Polmar and Moore. Cold War Submarines. p. 79.
  7. ↑ 7,0 7,1 7,2 7,3 7,4 7,5 Chepurov, A.M. Underwater navigation round the World. History. Official Russian Navy Website (1999). Дата обращения: 24 февраля 2010. Архивировано 17 февраля 2010 года.
  8. ↑ 8,00 8,01 8,02 8,03 8,04 8,05 8,06 8,07 8,08 8,09 8,10 8,11 8,12 8,13 8,14 Filimoshin, M.V. Account of 1966 Submarine Circumnavigation of Glode (рус.) ?. USSR Report: Military History Journal 57–60. Washington, DC: Foreign Broadcast Information Service (February 1986). — «originally published in Military History Journal No. 2, February 1986». Дата обращения: 23 марта 2010. Архивировано 5 июня 2011 года.
  9. ↑ 9,0 9,1 9,2 9,3 Polmar, Norman. Submarines of the Russian and Soviet Navies, 1718-1990 / Norman Polmar, Jurrien Noot. — Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 1993. — P. 175. — ISBN 0-87021-570-1.
  10. ↑ 10,0 10,1 10,2 Studenikin, Lt. Col. Historic Submarine Circumnavigation Recounted (рус.) ?. USSR Report: Military History Journal 86–88. Washington, DC: Foreign Broadcast Information Service (April 1986). — «English translation». Дата обращения: 6 апреля 2010. Архивировано 5 июня 2011 года..
  11. ↑ 11,0 11,1 Weir, Gary E. Rising Tide: The Untold Story of the Russian submarines that fought the Cold War / Gary E. Weir, Walter J. Boyne. — New York, New York : Basic Books, 2003. — P. 123. — «K-133 submarine.». — ISBN 0-465-09112-1.
  12. ↑ K-116. Submarine Files. DeepStorm (2003–2009). Дата обращения: 24 февраля 2010.
  13. ↑ K-133. Submarine Files. DeepStorm (2003–2009). Дата обращения: 24 февраля 2010.
  14. ↑ Soviet Nuclear Submarines Circle World in Six Weeks (PDF) (April 9, 1966), С. 7. Дата обращения 8 апреля 2010. (fee required)
  15. ↑ Polmar and Moore. Cold War Submarines. p. 171.
  16. ↑ Karmaza, Oleg 1976 SSBN Deployment Along U.S. Coast Recalled (рус.) ?. Central Eurasia: Military Affairs 32–35. Washington, DC: Foreign Broadcast Information Service (April 8, 1992). Дата обращения: 9 апреля 2010. Архивировано 5 июня 2011 года..
  17. ↑ (May 5, 1975) «Soviet Union: All the Ships at Sea» (Time Inc.). Проверено 2010-03-28.
  18. ↑ Polmar, Norman. The Naval Institute Guide to the Soviet Navy. — Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 1991. — P. 41. — ISBN 0-87021-241-9.
  19. ↑ (May 8, 1978) «The Navy Under Attack». Проверено 2010-04-27.

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