Description
B215.Russian badge for the nuclear-powered attack submarine K-461 “Volk” Akula-I class.
Laid down in 1989 and commissioned in December 1991 into the Northern Fleet’s 24th Submarine Division,
K-461 is an Akula-class nuclear attack submarine (SSN). Notably, in the mid-1990s,
Volk performed long-range Atlantic and Mediterranean deployments, famously tracking
US Navy carrier strike groups and NATO submarines.