629 Golf class

[tom dougherty]

I will add what I have. Wayne, please add anything you find in Russia.

Project 629 (Golf I) and 629A (Golf II) were diesel powered missile submarines (SSB). Powered by three diesel engines turning 3 shafts (port, starboard, & centerline). 3, 600 tons submerged, top submerged speed of 12.5 kts and diving test depth of 300 meters. The original 629 boats had 3 R-13 liquid fuel missiles of 350 nm range. Launched from surface by D-2 launch system, which elevated missile out of the tubes in the sail. Later converted to 3 R-21 missiles of 750 nm range and D-4 launch system, which permitted submerged launches.

Schematic diagrams


Photos








Golf I R-13 missile launch

[sam reichart]

God, that boat is sooo

God, that boat is sooo ugly... I always wanted to build one!!! half foxtrot, half type XXI.. it's so ugly, but it sure would be an unusual model, and probably very few others like it...

Nice photos, Tom.

[landlubber]

If the theory of Red

If the theory of Red Star Rogue is correct this is the boat that almost touched off the destruction of the rock we live on.. Interesting read to say the least but I,m not sure if we will ever know the whole story. They did alot of cutting and welding to get those 3 missles to fit inside, notice how the keel has been dropped to gain height.
Regards Kent

[tom dougherty]

but I,m not sure if

but I,m not sure if we will ever know the whole story.

Red Star Rogue is almost total fiction!!

Working with a documentary maker out of Austria.
Be patient. Look here]http://www.projectjennifer.at/[/url]

Wait. Be patient. Much more to come.

[tom dougherty]

More Golf material

Here are some additional photos of the Golf class. Crew on deck aft of sail for Naval Review:

Golf II class SSB








[b]At sea and some color photos]

[wayne frey]

http://upload4.postimage.org/1899189/golf.jpg


http://upload4.postimage.org/1899190/golf2.jpg

[tom dougherty]

More Golf photos:


http://www.postimage.org/Pq33sr3i.jpg
Golf I launcher

More Golf photos:



Golf I launcher on sail. Extended arms held missile in place until launch. Lauch pad support ring is visible.
Golf I D-2 launch system required surface launch


Golf II leaving port

Golf submarines in port


Sail of Golf II as it sits rusting away


Golf interior layout

[gerwalk]

Tom,
thanks for these christmas gifts!

Tom,
thanks for these christmas gifts! Now, what we need is a Zvezda 1/350 model of a Golf....

[tom dougherty]

Hi Pablo!
You are quite welcome,

Hi Pablo!
You are quite welcome, my friend! Hope you are enjoying warm weather; I've now moved to Massachusetts (Ayer), and we have about 16 inches of snow and it's about -8 Celsius.

I've added one more to the above.

I would agree that we could use an accurate model of the Golf submarine. Neither the old Aurora polystyrene kit or the later Seawolf/Torpedo resin kit came close to the real thing!

Tom

[gerwalk]

Hi Pablo!
You are quite welcome,

Hi Pablo!
You are quite welcome, my friend! Hope you are enjoying warm weather; I've now moved to Massachusetts (Ayer), and we have about 16 inches of snow and it's about -8 Celsius.

I've added one more to the above.

I would agree that we could use an accurate model of the Golf submarine. Neither the old Aurora polystyrene kit or the later Seawolf/Torpedo resin kit came close to the real thing!

Tom

Hi Tom,
I'm sorry about Mass winter... I suffered it during 2005. I was plannig to go over there with my girl this February for a meeting but we decided to change our tickets to Recife, Brazil and forget about meetings in freezing Boston, go figure!
Quoting Bee Gees:
"Talk about the life in massachusetts,
Speak about the people I have seen,
And the lights all went out in massachusetts
And massachusetts is one place I have seen.
I will remember massachusetts..."

Back to the Golf: nice diagram! As for a plastic model I think it should be the next Zvezda model in their "russian submarine disasters" series (they made the Kursk, K-19 and K-3... I can see a trend or someone in Zvezda has very dark humour)