The Hotel class is the general NATO classification for a type of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine that was launched by the Soviet Union around 1959. The Soviet designation was Project 658.

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Hotel II-class submarine
Class overview
Name	Hotel class
Builders	Severodvinsk
Operators	Soviet Navy
Preceded by	Golf class
Succeeded by	Yankee class
In commission	1960–1991
Completed	8
Retired	8
Preserved	0
General characteristics
Type	Nuclear submarine
Displacement	Hotel II class : 5,500 long tons (5,588 t) submerged [citation needed]
Length	114 m (374 ft 0 in)
Beam	9.2 m (30 ft 2 in)
Draught	7.31 m (24 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	2 × pressurized water reactors, 2 shafts
Speed	18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h) surfaced 26 knots (30 mph; 48 km/h) submerged[citation needed]
Complement	104
Armament	Hotel I class : D-2 missile system 3 × R-13 (SS-N-4 Sark) missiles Hotel II class : D-4 missile system 3 × R-21 (SS-N-5 Serb) missiles[citation needed]

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The development of the submarine, designed to carry the D-2 launch system and R-13 missiles, was approved on 26 August 1956. Work on the design began in September 1956, the technical project was completed in the first quarter of 1957.^{[citation needed]}

The duties of the chief designer of Project 658 were originally assigned to the chief engineer of OKB-18, P.Z. Golosovskiy. In February 1958 project management was transferred to I.V. Mikhaylov, who in October 1958 had replaced S.N. Kovalev. From the outset the deputy of the chief designer was I.D. Spasskiy.^[1]

The Hotel design was based on the Project 627 November-class submarine,^[2] the first Soviet nuclear submarines. They were modified by adding the missile compartment from the Golf-class submarines. Additionally, the Hotels had small horizontal hydroplanes for better maneuverability and more reliable electro-hydraulic command control surfaces for high-speed underwater operations with reduced noise.

The D-2 launch system on the Hotels placed three R-13 missiles in vertical containers directly behind the sail. The submarine had to be surfaced to launch, but all three missiles could be fired within 12 minutes of surfacing.^{[citation needed]}