This was one of four mysterious submarine disappearances in 1968, the others being the Israeli submarine INS Dakar, the French submarine Minerve, and the American submarine USS Scorpion.Īfter nearly two months of silence during her patrol in the Pacific Ocean, the Soviet Navy became concerned of her status and reportedly deployed its large assets of aviation and ships to search for the vessel, but no sign or wreckage was found. The K-129 's commander was Captain First Rank V. I. Kobzar, and she carried the hull number 722 on her final deployment, during which she sank on 8 March 1968.
The K-129 ( Russian: К–129) was a Project 629A ( Russian: проект 629А Projekt 629A, NATO reporting name Golf II– class) diesel-electric- powered ballistic-missile submarine that served in the Pacific Fleet of the Soviet Navy–one of six Project 629 strategic ballistic-missile submarines assigned to the 15th Submarine Squadron based at Rybachiy Naval Base near Petropavlovsk, commanded by Rear Admiral Rudolf Golosov. Said to be armed with SS-N-5 Serb missile with 750–900 nmi (1,390–1,670 km) range and 1-megaton warhead
Partially recovered in covert salvage operation by the American CIA in 1974. Sank on 8 March 1968 approximately 1,560 nautical miles (2,890 km) northwest of Oahu in the Pacific Ocean with all 98 hands. Golf II-class ballistic missile submarine K-129, hull number 722
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