Kresta I class cruiser
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 Kresta cruiser |
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Zhdanov, Leningrad |
| Operators: |  Soviet Navy Russian Navy |
| Preceded by: | Kynda |
| Succeeded by: | Kresta II |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Retired: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 6,000 tons standard, 7,500 tons full load |
| Length: | 159.0m |
| Beam: | 17.0m |
| Draught: | 6.0m |
| Propulsion: | 2 steam turbines 91,000-100,000 shp |
| Speed: | 34 knots |
| Range: | 10,500 nm at 14 kt |
| Complement: | 343-360 |
| Armament: | 2 twin SS-N-3 Shaddock anti ship missiles 2 twin SA-N-1 Goa surface to air missile launchers (44 missiles) 2 twin 57-mm/70-cal AK-725 anti-aircraft guns 2 quintuple 533mm torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-B' |
| Aviation facilities: | Helicopter deck and hangar |
Kresta I class cruiser is a Soviet cruiser class, the Soviet designation was Project 1134 Berkut (Golden Eagle)
These ships were designed for a surface warfare role. Soviet priorities were changed to an anti-submarine role and only 4 ships were built with this configuration. These ships were followed by the Kresta II class cruiser, an anti-submarine derivative.
Though considerably larger, more effective and reliable than the previous Soviet cruiser class, Kynda, the Kresta I surface warfare cruisers carried only half as many Shaddock launch tubes and one-fourth the total number of missiles. The Kresta I could launch four SS-N-3b SLCMs and 44 SA-N-1 surface-to-air missiles, and have ten 21-inch torpedo tubes. A single Ka-25 Hormone B is carried for targeting the cruise missile, and mid-course corrections.
[edit] Ships
| Ship | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Scrapped |
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| Admiral Zozulya Адмирал Зозуля | 1965 | 1967 | 1969 | 1995 |
| Vize-Admiral Drozd Вице-Адмирал Дрозд | 1965 | 1968 | 1969 | Sank 1992 on way to breakers |
| Vladivostok Владивосток | 1964 | 1967 | 1969 | 1995 |
| Sevastopol Севастополь | 1966 | 1967 | 1969 | 1991 |
[edit] Links & References
- http://ship.bsu.by/main.asp?id=100600 - Article in Russian
- http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/row/rus/1134.htm
- Conways All the Worlds Fighting Ships 1947-1995
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