Russian cruiser Petropavlovsk

Petropavlovsk on 20 September 1992
History
Soviet Union
Name	Petropavlovsk (Петропавловск)
Namesake	Petropavlovsk
Builder	61 Communards Shipyard
Laid down	9 September 1973
Launched	22 November 1974
Commissioned	29 December 1976
Decommissioned	26 February 1992
Stricken	June 1997
Homeport	Zolotoy Rog
Identification	518, 527, 558, 561, 565, 712, 732
Fate	Scrapped, 1997
General characteristics
Class and type	Kara-class cruiser
Displacement	8,200 tons standard 9,700 tons full load[1]
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	380-425
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 × 5 533 mm PTA-53-1134B torpedo tubes 2 RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers 2 RBU-1000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
Aircraft carried	1 Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-A' or Kamov Ka-27 'Helix'
Aviation facilities	Hangar and helipad

Petropavlovsk was the fifth ship of the Kara-class cruisers of the Soviet Navy. She was launched in November 1975 and commissioned in December 1976 at the 61 Communards Shipyard.^[2] In 1996, she was scrapped in India.^[1]