The K-442 Chelyabinsk is an Oscar II Class (Project 949A) SSGN of the Russian Navy.

K-442 was laid on May 21, 1987 at Severodvinsk before being listed by the Soviet Navy on February 20, 1989.

On August 18, 1991, K-442 along with another Oscar II Class SSGN, K-173, left Zapadnaya Litsa Bay to sail underneath the North Pole to transition from the Northern Fleet to the Pacific Fleet.

During the tracking of the Kitty Hawk CVBG, the US conducted ASW operations against it between July 7–8, 1994.

[6] The voyage also including tracking the USS Independence (CV-62),[5][4] which was based in Yokosuka, Japan.