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B-396, Project 641B Diesel-Electric Submarine (NATO - Tango Class) Walk Around (2011)

The Foxtrot class was the NATO reporting name of a class of diesel-electric patrol submarines that were built in the Soviet Union. The Soviet designation of this class was Project 641.

The Foxtrot class was designed to replace the earlier Zulu class, which suffered from structural weaknesses and harmonic vibration problems that limited its operational depth and submerged speed. The first Foxtrot was laid down in 1957 and commissioned in 1958 and the last was completed in 1983. A total of 58 were built for the Soviet Navy at the Sudomekh division of the Admiralty Shipyard (now Admiralty Wharves), St. Petersburg. Additional hulls were built for other countries.

The Foxtrot class was comparable in performance and armament to most contemporary designs. However, its three screws made it noisier than most Western designs. Moreover, the Foxtrot class was one of the last designs introduced before the adoption of the teardrop hull, which offered much better underwater performance. The Foxtrot class was completely obsolete by the time the last submarine was launched. The Russian Navy retired its last Foxtrots between 1995 and 2000, although some may still be in service with other nations.

Several Foxtrots are on display as museums around the world, including:
B-15 at New Westminster Quay in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.
B-39 at the Maritime Museum of San Diego in San Diego, California, United States.
B-143 at the Seafront Maritime Theme Park in Zeebrugge, Belgium.
B-427 at the RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach, California, United States.
Indian Foxtrot submarine INS Kursura S20 at the Rama Krishna Beach, Visakhapatnam, India.
B-413 at Kaliningrad, Russia.

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