Chapayev-class cruiser

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Class overview
NameChapayev class
Builders
Operators Soviet Navy
Preceded byKirov class
Succeeded bySverdlov class
Built1939-1951
In commission1950–1981
Planned17
Completed5
Cancelled12
Retired5
General characteristics Project 68[1]
TypeLight cruiser
Displacement
Length199 m (653 ft)
Beam18.7 m (61 ft)
Draught6.5 m (21 ft)
Installed power
  • 6 boilers
  • 110,000 shp (82,000 kW)
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed35.6 knots (65.9 km/h; 41.0 mph)
Range7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement742
Armament
  • 4 × triple 152 mm (6 in)/57 B-38 guns
  • 4 × twin 100 mm (3.9 in) B-54 guns
  • 6 × twin 37 mm (1.5 in) 66-K AA guns
  • 4 × twin 12.7 mm (0.50 in) DShK-M machine guns
  • 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
Armour
General characteristics Project 68K
TypeLight cruiser
Displacement
Length201 m (659 ft)
Beam19.7 m (65 ft)
Draught6.4 m (21 ft)
Installed power
  • 6 boilers
  • 124,000 shp (92,000 kW)
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed33.5 knots (62.0 km/h; 38.6 mph)
Range7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement840
Armament
  • 4 × triple 152 mm (6 in)/57 B-38 guns
  • 4 × twin 100 mm (3.9 in)/70 SM-5 guns
  • 14 × twin 37 mm (1.5 in) V-11 AA guns
Armour

The Chapayev class (Project 68 Чапаев) were a group of cruisers built for the Soviet Navy during and after World War II. Seventeen ships were planned in total, but only seven were actually started before the German invasion. Two incomplete ships were destroyed when their building yard in Nikolaev was captured by Nazi Germany and the remaining five cruisers were completed only in 1950, with the last ship serving until 1981.

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