Rusting at anchor (Nice pictures of Typhoon)

Hitman · 05-01-09, 06:27 AM

http://community.livejournal.com/ru_...ine/17486.html

The link was posted over at simnav by a member. Great pictures of the ship, pity how bad conserved it seems to be

Kazuaki Shimazaki II · 05-01-09, 01:44 PM

At least the important parts (such as the GKP) look clean.

jmr · 05-01-09, 03:23 PM

What's the GKP?

Does the Typhoon have a liquid sodium reactor that needs to be run continuously while even in port?

Kazuaki Shimazaki II · 05-01-09, 09:15 PM

The "General/Primary/Main Command Point/Post", the Russian name for the control room on the newer subs. According Article 16 to the 2001 Russian Naval Regs, it is defined as:

Quote:

The control center of the craft commander is primary ship control center and is named [GKP], and aboard the ships of 4 ranks, where there is only one control center - KP

On the older subs, it apparently was the TsKP, the "Central Command Post".

These days, however, the TsKP is defined a bit differently in the Russian regulations:

Quote:

On the specific designs of ships is created the central control center ([TSKP]), intended for the collection, processings also of the data analysis of situation and headed by the executive officer.

Which makes one wonder about its relation to the BIP (Battle Information Post". (By the way, I've read of the American CIC described as the GKP-BIP, probably because the Captain fights his ship there according to American practice). Then there is sometimes the FKP "Flagman/Admiral Comand Post".

Aah, the confusing world of Russian naval terminology!

But the Typhoon's reactor is "water-water", which is to say PWR. As are most Soviet Naval Reactors. They played around with lead-bismuth (not sodium) with the Project 645 (a Modified November) and then the Project 705 (the famous Alfas). In the latter case, the problem seems to be more logistics than anything wrong with the plants (once they got the kinks out) - the plant was intended to be shut down, but the base backup wasn't good enough to keep the plant warm, and that was that.

Red Heat · 05-06-09, 03:42 PM

Hello

Nice pics mate...

Kapitan · 05-07-09, 06:14 AM

These are due for scrap so no wonder they havnt been looked after

its a shame really they are nice boats atleast one should be preserved.

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Hitman Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 6,109 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 2	Rusting at anchor (Nice pictures of Typhoon) http://community.livejournal.com/ru_...ine/17486.html The link was posted over at simnav by a member. Great pictures of the ship, pity how bad conserved it seems to be __________________ One day I will return to sea ...

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Red Heat Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 1,093 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	Hello Nice pics mate... __________________ "There is three kinds of man: the living, the death, and those who are at Sea." Plato

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05-01-09, 01:44 PM	#2
Kazuaki Shimazaki II Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	At least the important parts (such as the GKP) look clean.

05-01-09, 03:23 PM	#3
jmr Commander Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 462 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	What's the GKP? Does the Typhoon have a liquid sodium reactor that needs to be run continuously while even in port?