Admiral Isakov (left) moored at its base in Severomorsk, 1992
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History | |
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Name | Admiral Isakov |
Namesake | Ivan Isakov |
Builder | Zhdanov Shipyard, Leningrad |
Laid down | 15 January 1968 |
Launched | 22 November 1968 |
Commissioned | 28 December 1970 |
Decommissioned | 30 June 1993 |
Fate | Sank under tow for scrapping, 1994 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Kresta II-class cruiser |
Displacement | |
Length | 156.5 m (513 ft) (o/a) |
Beam | 17.2 m (56 ft) |
Draught | 5.96 m (19.6 ft) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | 2 × shaft steam turbines |
Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 5,200 nmi (9,600 km; 6,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 343 |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-A' |
Aviation facilities | Helicopter deck and hangar |
Admiral Isakov (Russian: Адмирал Исаков) was a Kresta II-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy and briefly of the Russian Navy, named for Soviet admiral Ivan Isakov. The second ship of her class, she served mostly during the Cold War from her commissioning in 1970.
Isakov was part of the Northern Fleet throughout her career, often operating in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean to show the flag. She cruised to the Atlantic and the Mediterranean in 1971–72, 1973, and 1975, participating in the large Okean-75 exercise, and underwent a refit between 1977 and 1980. After coming out of refit, the ship participated in the combined arms exercise Shchit-82 and cruised in the Atlantic and Mediterranean during 1982 and 1983, before undergoing another refit between 1986 and 1990. She was decommissioned in 1993 before being sold for scrap due to reduced naval funding, but sank under tow en route to India for scrapping a year later.