Soviet cruiser Varyag (1963)

	Varyag on 9 September 1989.
History
Soviet Union
Name	Varyag
Namesake	Varangians
Builder	A.A. Zhdanov, Leningrad
Yard number	783
Laid down	13 October 1961
Launched	7 April 1963
Commissioned	20 August 1965
Decommissioned	19 April 1990
Stricken	April 1990
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Groznyy class cruiser
Displacement	4,350 tonnes (4,280 long tons; 4,800 short tons) standard, 5,400 tonnes (5,300 long tons; 6,000 short tons) full load
Length	142.7 m (468 ft)
Beam	16 m (52 ft)
Draft	5.01 m (16.4 ft)
Propulsion	2 shaft; 4 x KVN-95/64 boilers, 2 x TV-12 GTZA steam turbines, 45,000 shp (34,000 kW)
Speed	34.5 knots (64 km/h)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,334 km) at 14.3 knots (26 km/h)
Complement	25 officers, 304 men
Sensors and ; processing systems	2 x MR-300 Angara air/surface search radars, 1 x Bizan, 1 x MRP-11-12, 2 x MRP-13-14 and 2 x MRP-15-16 Zaliv reconnaissance radars, 1 x Don navigation radar, 2 x Nickel-KM and 2 x Khrom-KM IFF, 1 x Vizir-1 and 1 x GS-572 Gerkules-2M sonar
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	2 x Krab-11, 2 x Krab-12 ESM radar system
Armament	8 × SM-70 P-35 launchers with 16 4K44 (SS-N-3 'Shaddock’) anti-ship missiles (2x4); 2 × ZIF-102 M-1 launchers with 16 V-600 (SA-N-1 ‘Goa’) surface to air missiles (1x2); 4 × 76 mm (3 in) AK-726 guns (2×2); 2 × 45 mm (2 in) 21KM guns (2x1); 2 × RBU-6000 Smerch-2 Anti-Submarine rockets; 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (2x3);
Aircraft carried	Helipad for 1 Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-A'

Varyag (Russian: Варяг) was the fourth and final ship of the Soviet Navy Project 58 Groznyy-class Guided Missile Cruisers (Ракетные крейсера проекта, RKR), also known as the Kynda Class.

History
Varyag on 9 September 1989.
Soviet Union
Name	Varyag
Namesake	Varangians
Builder	A.A. Zhdanov, Leningrad
Yard number	783
Laid down	13 October 1961
Launched	7 April 1963
Commissioned	20 August 1965
Decommissioned	19 April 1990
Stricken	April 1990
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Groznyy class cruiser
Displacement	4,350 tonnes (4,280 long tons; 4,800 short tons) standard, 5,400 tonnes (5,300 long tons; 6,000 short tons) full load
Length	142.7 m (468 ft)
Beam	16 m (52 ft)
Draft	5.01 m (16.4 ft)
Propulsion	2 shaft; 4 x KVN-95/64 boilers, 2 x TV-12 GTZA steam turbines, 45,000 shp (34,000 kW)
Speed	34.5 knots (64 km/h)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,334 km) at 14.3 knots (26 km/h)
Complement	25 officers, 304 men
Sensors and processing systems	2 x MR-300 Angara air/surface search radars, 1 x Bizan, 1 x MRP-11-12, 2 x MRP-13-14 and 2 x MRP-15-16 Zaliv reconnaissance radars, 1 x Don navigation radar, 2 x Nickel-KM and 2 x Khrom-KM IFF, 1 x Vizir-1 and 1 x GS-572 Gerkules-2M sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	2 x Krab-11, 2 x Krab-12 ESM radar system
Armament	8 × SM-70 P-35 launchers with 16 4K44 (SS-N-3 'Shaddock’) anti-ship missiles (2x4) 2 × ZIF-102 M-1 launchers with 16 V-600 (SA-N-1 ‘Goa’) surface to air missiles (1x2) 4 × 76 mm (3 in) AK-726 guns (2×2) 2 × 45 mm (2 in) 21KM guns (2x1) 2 × RBU-6000 Smerch-2 Anti-Submarine rockets 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (2x3)
Aircraft carried	Helipad for 1 Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-A'