Soviet cruiser Nikolayev
Nikolayev was the lead ship of the Kara-class cruisers of the Soviet Navy. She was launched in December 1969 and completed in December 1971 at the 61 Communards Shipyard.[2] After the fall of the USSR, she was transferred to the Ukrainian Navy. In 1994 she was scrapped in India.[1]
 Nikolayev in 1986 | |
| History | |
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| Name: | Nikolayev |
| Builder: | 61 Communards Shipyard |
| Laid down: | 25 June 1968 |
| Launched: | 19 December 1969 |
| Commissioned: | 31 December 1971 |
| Decommissioned: | 3 July 1992 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1994 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Kara-class cruiser |
| Displacement: |
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| Length: | 173.2 m (568 ft) |
| Beam: | 18.6 m (61 ft) |
| Draught: | 6.7 m (22 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft COGAG, 4 gas turbines, 120,000 hp (89 MW) |
| Speed: | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Range: | 9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) |
| Complement: | 380 |
| Armament: |
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| Aircraft carried: | 1 Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-A' or Kamov Ka-27 'Helix' |
References
- Chant, Chris (2004). Warships Today. Summertime Publishing Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 0-7607-6700-9.
- Gardiner, Robert (1983). Conway's All the world's fighting ships, 1947-1982. Conway Maritime Press. p. 484. ISBN 0851772781.
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