The K-141 Kursk submarine K-141 Kursk was part of an 11-sub series of Project 949A Antey vessels, known by NATO as Oscar II. These are large, nuclear-powered oceanic submarines.

The K-141 Kursk Submarine was a powerful vessel. If its 509-foot hull had been placed vertically where it sank, it would have ...

A huge explosion sank the giant nuclear-powered submarine Kursk, killing most of its crew and stranding nearly two dozen survivors hundreds of feet underwater. An international rescue team ...

A top Russian official said Monday that the sunken nuclear submarine Kursk would be raised in a three-month operation, tentatively set to begin in late July. Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov ...

Three cruise missiles, data recorders and five more bodies were pulled from the carcass of the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk, while a top Cabinet official said investigators were getting closer ...

NARRATOR (BERNARD HILL): One year ago the Russian submarine the Kursk sank in a terrible disaster. 118 men died. It was a tragedy that shocked the world. OLGA KOLESNIKOV: It was a catastrophe.