control rods had jammed before reaching their full stroke and the reactor had been operating at about 0.5% power since the disaster. No radiation or contamination leakage was found. On 8 August, K-429 was raised into dry dock. Suvorov was sentenced to ten years in prison. Likhovozov, chief of the fifth compartment, was sentenced for eight years. They were arrested in the barracks where the court took place, without letting them say good-bye to their wives. Suvorov told an interviewer, "I am not fully innocent. But a fair analysis should have been made to avoid such accidents in the future. I told the judges in my concluding statement: if you do not tell the truth, others do not learn from bad experiences — more accidents will happen, more people will die." Admiral Yerofeyev was promoted to Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Fleet. On 13 September 1985, K-429 sank at her moorings. She was again raised and decommissioned. See also List of sunken nuclear submarines References Bibliography External links Книга памяти – K-429 ПЛAРК – Проект 670 "Cкат" "Sunken submarines emerge from oblivion" Charlie-class submarines Ships built in the Soviet Union 1972 ships Cold War submarines of the Soviet Union Soviet submarine accidents Maritime incidents in 1983 1983 in the Soviet Union