Kara class cruiser
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | 61 Kommunara Zavod Black Sea Shipyard |
| Operators: |  Soviet Navy Russian Navy |
| Preceded by: | Kresta |
| Succeeded by: | Udaloy / Kirov |
| In service: | 1971 |
| In commission: | 1969 |
| Completed: | 7 |
| Active: | Kerch |
| Laid up: | Petropavlovsk Vladivostok Ochakov |
| Retired: | Azov |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 9,900 tons |
| Length: | 173.2 m |
| Beam: | 18.6 m |
| Draught: | 6.7 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft COGAG, 4 gas turbines, 120,000 hp (88 MW) |
| Speed: | 32 knots |
| Range: | 9,000 miles |
| Complement: | 380 |
| Armament: | 2 quad SS-N-14 Silex anti-submarine missiles 2 twin SA-N-3 Goblet surface to air missile launchers (80 missiles) SA-N-4 Gecko surface to air missile launchers (40 missiles) 2 twin 76mm AK-726 dual purpose guns 4 30mm AK-630 CIWS 2 RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers 2 RBU-1000 anti-submarine rocket launchers 24 SA-N-6 Grumble surface to air missiles [on Azov] |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-A' |
The Kara is a class of Cold War era Soviet guided missile cruisers. The Soviet designation is Project 1134B Berkut B - Беркут Б (Golden Eagle).
These ships were enlarged versions of the Kresta class, with gas turbine engines and improved command and control facilities. These are dedicated ASW ships, but have only a single helicopter, which limits their capabilities. These ships were built by the 61 Kommunar Shipyard at Mykolaiv (Nikolayev) on the Black Sea.
[edit] Ships
- Nikolayev - Николаев-(1971) - scrapped in 1994
- Ochakov -Очаков -(1973) - Nominally active
- Kerch- Керчь - (1974) - Active, Black Sea Fleet
- Azov - Азов - (1975) - this ship served as a trials ship for the SA-N-6 missile system, decommissioned 28 December 1998, scrapped at Inkerman (Sevastopol) in 1999-2000
- Petropavlovsk - Петропавловск - (1976), sold for scrap in 1996
- Tashkent - Ташкент -(1977), sold for scrap in 1994
- Vladivostok - Владивосток - (ex Tallinn) (1979), sold for scrap in 1994
[edit] References
- (Russian)Article
- (English)FAS.org
- (English)Kara Class "Kerch" Photoalbum
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