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Russian Ships on Exhibit

 

B-39, famous ships 
B-39 — Russian foxtrot-class submarine
The Soviet Navy's largest non-nuclear submarines.. In 2012, she was used as a prop in the movie Phantom. Another B-39 is rusting in England (see Black Widow).  LAUNCHED: 1967, April 18 FATE: Decommissioned April 1994; now a museum ship at the Maritime Museum of San Diego, California.
Black Widow, famous ships 
Black Widow — Russian foxtrot-class submarine
The rusting boat had been a museum ship for several years in the early 2000s at Folkestone in England. Submarine U-475 Black Widow was a Soviet Navy submarine of the late 20th century. She was sold by the Soviet Navy in 1998 and became a museum ship. Another Foxtrot B-39 is moored at San Diego as a museum ship (see B-39).  LAUNCHED: 1966, December 18 FATE: Decommissioned in 1994 and sold; she is in a state of disrepair awaiting restoration at River Medway.

The number of Russian Ships on Exhibit listed is 2


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