OVERVIEW: The TYPHOON SSBN (Project 941) is a nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine.

DETAILS:   The Typhoon is the largest submarine ever built. Designed to operate in the artic, the high-rise hull and sail structure is allows the TYPHOON to break through Arctic ice and launch its missiles.  The TYPHOON features a multi-hulled design of five inner hulls situated inside a superstructure of two parallel main hulls. To reduce the acoustic signature the hull is coated with andrihydroacoustic coating.

NOTES: 
       Displacement: 33,800-48,000 tons submerged.
       Speed: approximately 25-27 knots submerged
       Reactors: 2 
       Complement: 150
       Hulls Built:  6
       Period of Service: 1981-2018?

SOURCES: Norman Polmar, "Guide to the Soviet Navy, 3rd ed. (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1983), 84-85 ;  Naval Technology. "SSBN Typhoon Class (Type 941)." Accessed November 23, 2013. http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/ssbn-typhoon-class/  ; Federation of American Scientists. "941 TYPHOON - Russian and Soviet Nuclear Forces." Accessed November 23, 2013. http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/slbm/941.htm ; RIA Novosti. "Russia to Scrap World’s Biggest Nuclear Subs | Defense." Accessed November 23, 2013. http://en.ria.ru/military_news/20130521/181272846/Russia-to-Scrap-Worlds-Biggest-Nuclear-Subs.html.
