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14. Russian Submarine K-84 Ekaterinburg
Russian Submarine K-84 Ekaterinburg is once again habitable, but an incident in 2011 left it forbidden to visitors for years thanks to a near-Chernobyl-level disaster. In 2011, a fire broke out on the scaffolding surrounding the nuclear submarine as it was docked in Murmansk for repairs. The fire extensively damaged the hull and left the vessel inoperable. The image above was taken after the sub was stripped bare. The controversy surrounds the cargo load of the sub at the time of the fire. The Russian government has claimed that all nuclear warheads had been removed from the vessel upon docking. But journalists reported that 16 nuclear missiles were onboard at the time of the fire and could have detonated if the fire had become uncontrollable. Since Chernobyl is still an embarrassing incident in Russian history, it’s likely the government lied about the missiles being removed from the submarine.