 Novorossiysk in 1986
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| History | |
|---|---|
  Russia | |
| Name | Novorossiysk |
| Namesake | City of Novorossiysk |
| Builder | Chernomorskiy yard, Nikolayev |
| Laid down | 30 September 1975[1] |
| Launched | 26 December 1978[1] |
| Commissioned | 14 September 1982[1] |
| Decommissioned | 30 June 1993 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1997 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Kiev-class aircraft cruiser |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 273.1 m (896 ft) overall[1] |
| Beam | |
| Draught | 9.3 m (31 ft)[1] |
| Propulsion | 4 shaft geared steam turbines, 140,000 shp |
| Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h) |
| Endurance | 13,500 nautical miles (25,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Armament | 4 × twin SS-N-12 Sandbox SSM launchers (8 missiles),
2 × twin SA-N-3 Goblet SAM launchers (72 missiles), 2 × twin 76.2 mm AA guns, 8 × AK-630 30 mm CIWS, 1 × twin SUW-N-1 FRAS Anti-Submarine Rocket launcher |
| Aircraft carried | |
Novorossiysk (Russian: Новороссийск) was a conventionally powered aircraft carrier (heavy aircraft cruiser in Russian classification)[2] that served the Soviet Navy and the Russian Navy from 1982 to 1993. She was the third Kiev-class vessel to be built. She was designed to engage in offensive actions as a guided missile cruiser mostly using her deck mounted missiles as well as support anti-submarine and surface actions with her embarked air group.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Project 1143". Russian-ships.info. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ^ Due to restrictions imposed by the Montreux Convention limiting the tonnage of aircraft carriers traveling through the Bosporus, all Soviet and Russian aircraft carriers are named as aircraft carrying cruisers. In the case of Novorossiysk, this accurately reflects the ship's mission and weapons fit.