Soviet submarine K-19
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K-19 was the first submarine of the Project 658 class, the first generation of Soviet nuclear submarines equipped with nuclear ballistic missiles, specifically the R-13 SLBM. The boat was hastily buil
K-19 disabled in the North Atlantic on 29 February 1972
Sail of K-19 as a memorial
Vasily Arkhipov
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Vasily Aleksandrovich Arkhipov, also transliterated as Vasili Arkhipov, was a vice admiral in the Soviet Navy. He is best remembered for preventing nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
Soviet submarine K-19
…viewed among sea crews as a sign that the ship is unlucky. Captain 1st Rank Nikolai Vladimirovich Zateyev was the first commander of the submarine. Vasily Arkhipov, who would later prevent the Cuban Missile Crisis from turning into nuclear war, was appointed as executive officer. In January 1960, confusion among…
Vasili Arkhipov
Soviet submarine B-59 in the Caribbean near Cuba