The K-19 was the Soviet Union’s first Soviet submarine equipped with nuclear missiles. It was deadly — to the unfortunate sailors who had to make up the crew. Auspicious Beginnings ...

Find out why the underrated and gripping Harrison Ford submarine movie K-19: The Widowmaker deserved more attention.

The story of USSR's first nuclear ballistic submarine, which suffered a malfunction in its nuclear reactor on its maiden voyage in the North Atlantic in 1961. The submarine's crew, led by the ...

Additionally, Arkhipov played a crucial role aboard the Soviet submarine K-19 in 1961. When a severe reactor coolant leak threatened a nuclear meltdown, he and his crew improvised a secondary ...