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Old 07-12-09, 01:08 PM   #13
Kazuaki Shimazaki II
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Originally Posted by Frame57 View Post
The Ohio class SSBN boats have a shaft HP of 60,000. Are you referring to the rating of the Russian sub?
AFAIK, they used to say the S8G and its turbine sets can pump out 60000. More recent sources like Polmar's Cold War Submarines dunked that down to ~35000.

As for the Russkie, it'll probably have in the region of 80000-100000HP, assuming a typical two OKB-650 variant reactor along with the turbines...
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