NATO reporting name for ballistic missile submarines, with Soviet designations:

• Guided Missile Submarines - Nuclear Propelled (Podvodnaya Lodka Atomnaya Raketnaya Krylataya - PLARK)
  • "Oscar II" (Krasnodar Class)
  • "Oscar I" (Arkhangelsk Class)
  • "Yankee-Sidecar" (Leninets Class)
  • "Yankee-Notch"
  • "Charlie II"
  • "Charlie I"
  • "Echo I" (K.45 Class)
  • "Papa"

• Guided Missile Submarines - Diesel/Electric Propelled (Podvodnaya Lodka Raketnaya Krylataya - PLRK)
  • "Whiskey Longbin"
  • "Juliet"
  • "Whiskey Twin Cylinder"

The Kursk was an Oscar II.
See also: NATO reporting name

NATO reporting names | Russian and Soviet navy submarine classes