Soviet cruiser Molotov

Side view of Molotov
History
Soviet Union
NameMolotov
NamesakeVyacheslav Molotov[1]
BuilderMarti South, Nikolayev
Laid down14 January 1937
Launched4 December 1939
Commissioned14 January 1941
RenamedSlava (Glory) 3 August 1957
Reclassified3 August 1961, as training ship
Refit1952–28 January 1955
FateSold for scrap, 4 April 1972
General characteristics (Project 26bis)
Class and typeKirov-class cruiser
Displacement
Length191.4 m (627 ft 11 in)
Beam17.66 m (57 ft 11 in)
Draft6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) (full load)
Installed power
  • 6 Yarrow-Normand boilers
  • 129,750 shp (96,750 kW)
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 geared turbines
Speed36.72 knots (68.01 km/h; 42.26 mph) (on trials)
Endurance4,220 nmi (7,820 km; 4,860 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement963
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament
Armor
Aircraft carried2 × KOR-2 seaplanes
Aviation facilities1 ZK-1 catapult

Molotov (Russian: Молотов) was a Project 26bis Kirov-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy that served during World War II and into the Cold War. She supported Soviet troops during the Siege of Sevastopol, the Kerch-Feodosiya Operation and the amphibious landings at Novorossiysk at the end of January 1943.

The ship was extensively modernized between 1952 and 1955. She was renamed Slava (Russian: Слава, Glory) in 1957 after Vyacheslav Molotov fell out of favour. Slava was reclassified as a training ship in 1961 before being sold for scrap in 1972.

  1. ^ Yakubov and Worth, p. 93