Chapayev-class cruiser

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Class overview
Name	Chapayev class
Builders	Shipyard No.189 Ordzonikidze, Leningrad Shipyard No.194 Marti, Leningrad Shipyard No.198 Marti, Nikolaev Shipyard No.200 61 Communards, Nikolaev
Operators	Soviet Navy
Preceded by	Kirov class
Succeeded by	Sverdlov class
Built	1939-1951
In commission	1950–1981
Planned	17
Completed	5
Cancelled	12
Retired	5
General characteristics Project 68[1]
Type	Light cruiser
Displacement	10,620 long tons (10,790 t) (standard) 13,420 long tons (13,640 t) (full load)
Length	199 m (653 ft)
Beam	18.7 m (61 ft)
Draught	6.5 m (21 ft)
Installed power	6 boilers 110,000 shp (82,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	35.6 knots (65.9 km/h; 41.0 mph)
Range	7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement	742
Armament	4 × triple 152 mm (6 in)/57 B-38 guns 4 × twin 100 mm (3.9 in) B-54 guns 6 × twin 37 mm (1.5 in) 66-K AA guns 4 × twin 12.7 mm (0.50 in) DShK-M machine guns 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
Armour	Belt: 100 mm (3.9 in) Conning tower: 130 mm (5.1 in) Deck: 50 mm (2.0 in) Turrets: 175 mm (6.9 in)
General characteristics Project 68K
Type	Light cruiser
Displacement	11,130 long tons (11,310 t) (standard) 14,100 long tons (14,300 t) (full load)
Length	201 m (659 ft)
Beam	19.7 m (65 ft)
Draught	6.4 m (21 ft)
Installed power	6 boilers 124,000 shp (92,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	33.5 knots (62.0 km/h; 38.6 mph)
Range	7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement	840
Armament	4 × triple 152 mm (6 in)/57 B-38 guns 4 × twin 100 mm (3.9 in)/70 SM-5 guns 14 × twin 37 mm (1.5 in) V-11 AA guns
Armour	Belt: 100 mm (3.9 in) Conning tower: 150 mm (5.9 in) Deck: 50 mm (2.0 in) Turrets: 175 mm (6.9 in)

The Chapayev class (Project 68 Чапаев) were a group of cruisers built for the Soviet Navy during and after World War II. Seventeen ships were planned in total, but only seven were actually started before the German invasion. Two incomplete ships were destroyed when their building yard in Nikolaev was captured by Nazi Germany and the remaining five cruisers were completed only in 1950, with the last ship serving until 1981.