Russian battlecruiser Kirov

Kirov c.1983
History
→ Soviet Union → Russia
Name	Kirov
Namesake	Soviet cruiser Kirov Sergei Kirov
Builder	Baltiysky Naval Shipyard, Leningrad
Laid down	27 March 1974
Launched	26 December 1977
Commissioned	30 December 1980
Out of service	In reserve, 1990
Renamed	Admiral Ushakov, 1992
Status	Laid-up, to be scrapped.
General characteristics
Class and type	Kirov-class battlecruiser
Displacement	24,300 tons Standard, 28,000 (Full load)
Length	252 m (827 ft) 230 m (750 ft) (Waterline)
Beam	28.5 m (94 ft)
Draft	9.1 m (30 ft)
Propulsion	2-shaft CONAS, Nuclear propulsion with steam turbine boost 140,000 shp
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h)
Range	1,000 nautical miles (2,000 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h) (combined propulsion), Essentially unlimited with nuclear power at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	727 Aircrew: 18 Flag staff: 15
Sensors and processing systems	Voskhod MR-800 (Top Pair) 3D search radar on foremast Fregat MR-710 (Top Steer) 3D search radar on main mast 2 × Palm Frond navigation radar on foremast 2 × Top Dome for SA-N-6 fire control 4 × Bass Tilt for AK-630 CIWS System fire control 2 × Eye Bowl for SA-N-4 fire control Horse Jaw LF hull sonar Horse Tail VDS (Variable Depth Sonar)
Armament	20 P-700 Granit (SS-N-19 Shipwreck) AShM 1 x 2 (14) SS-N-14 Silex ASW cruise missiles 12 × 8 (96) SA-N-6 Grumble surface-to-air missiles 2 x 2 (44) OSA-MA (SA-N-4 Gecko) PD SAM 2 × RBU-1000 305 mm ASW rocket launchers 1 × RBU-6000 213 mm ASW rocket launchers 2 × AK-100 100 mm/L60 DP guns 10 533 mm ASW/ASuW torpedo tubes, Type 53 torpedo 8 × AK-630 hex gatling 30 mm/L60 PD guns
Armour	76 mm plating around reactor compartment, light splinter protection
Aircraft carried	3 Kamov Ka-27 "Helix" or Ka-25 "Hormone"
Aviation facilities	Below-deck hangar

Kirov is the lead ship of the Kirov class of nuclear-powered guided missile cruisers. Originally built for the Soviet Navy and passed onto the succeeding Russian Navy, she and her three sister ships are the largest and heaviest surface combatant warships (i.e. not an aircraft carrier or amphibious assault ship) built by them. The Soviet classification of the ship-type is "heavy nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser" (Russian: тяжёлый атомный ракетный крейсер), nonetheless Kirov's size and weapons complement have earned her the unofficial designation of a battlecruiser throughout much of the world, as her size and displacement is similar to a typical World War I battleship. The appearance of the Kirov class was a significant factor in the U.S. Navy recommissioning the Iowa class.^[1] She was named after a Project 26 cruiser (named after Sergey Kirov, a Bolshevik hero).