Soviet Series XIV, K-class submarines

[JStout]

In searching the limited data available in English on the Series XIV, K-class cruiser submarines of the Soviet Patriotic War, I find tantalizing bits of information: its planned aircraft capability, its armament, its range, and its cold bunking crew accommodations. Can anyone comment on actual life about the Katyusha? About the compartments/divisions of the crew? Of the actual performance of the boat, especially in Arctic waters?

 

[EXSSBN2005]

STMMain

STMMain

I'm failing to see the differences in the 2 links from above that i just posted but one was the specifications page and one was a link on their performance, conditions and such, (there is a toggle button in the bottem center of the page to get from one page to the other). Service life of 21 years at that time was huge with all the advancements going on in generations of submarines. Had one small aircraft that was put together on the deck for locating targets , not sure how useful that would be, but we have drones that we can do that with now so maybe they were onto something. 12k nm range @9 kts surfaced. To be honest I dont have much more info than what I found in some internet serches, my grandpa was in the army back then not the navy and his brother who might have known US equipment from the time died a few years ago so cant ask him.

 

[JStout]

PFC:
Thank you for the reply. Good tech specs on the boat. How insulated were they, since much of their service was with RBNF? Know of the round-the-world cruise in '42, but what were Arctic combat conditions like aboard her? Picture suggest "terrible." How about the department/division names/duties?