Soviet submarine S-117

Soviet submarine S-117

S-117 was a Soviet Whiskey class submarine that was lost on or about 15 December 1952, due to unknown causes in the Strait of Tartary in the Sea of Japan. The boat may have collided with a surface ship or struck a mine. All forty-seven crewmen died in the incident.


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