BCNS Bliss
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.JPG) BCNS Bliss
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| History | |
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| Name: | Bliss |
| Builder: | Sevmash |
| Laid down: | 14 October 1992 |
| Launched: | 8 September 1996 |
| Commissioned: | 17 Jaunuary 1997 |
| Homeport: | Naval Base Hanaki |
| Status: | Ship in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Attack nuclear submarine |
| Type: | Project 971U Schuka-B ("Akula-II") |
| Displacement: | 8,140 tonnes surfaced, 12,770 tonnes submerged |
| Length: | 114.3 meters |
| Beam: | 13.6 meters |
| Draught: | 9.7 meters |
| Propulsion: | one 190MWt OK-650 V reactor |
| Speed: | 24 knots |
| Complement: | 73 officers and men |
Bliss is an 8,140 ton Akula-II class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the Blackhelm Confederate Navy. Following on a long tradition of arms deals between the Soviet Union and the Empire of Exponent, Bliss was laid down on October 14, 1992, amidst the turmoil of the dissolution of the USSR. Despite this, Bliss was launched on September 8, 1996, and was commissioned into the Confederate Navy on January 17, 1997.