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NATO reporting name NATO uses a system of code names, called reporting names, to denote military aircraft and other equipment used by post-Soviet states, former Warsaw Pact countries, China, and other countries. The system assists military communications by providi ...

"Beluga") was a Russian SSA diesel-electric

submarine A submarine (often shortened to sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. (It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability.) The term "submarine" is also sometimes used historically or infor ...

. It was an experimental vessel used for testing propulsion systems, hull forms, and boundary-layer control techniques. Development was undertaken by the Malakhit Design Bureau with construction at the Admiralty shipyard in St. Petersburg. Beluga Class Submarine
The lone Beluga-class submarine in operation was S-553 ''Forel''. Launched in 1986 and moth-balled around 1998, the last operation of the vessel is thought to have taken place in 1997. As of the mid-2000s, the entire project is believed to have been discontinued.

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* ttp://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/russia/submar.htm World Navies Today: Russian Submarines {{DEFAULTSORT:Beluga-class submarine Submarine classes of the Russian and Soviet Navy 1986 ships Auxiliary ships of the Soviet Navy