 Baku underway off the coast of southern Italy, c. 1988
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| History | |
|---|---|
 →  Soviet Union → Russia | |
| Name | Baku (Russian: Баку) |
| Namesake | City of Baku |
| Renamed | Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov (Russian: Адмирал Флота Советского Союза Горшков) |
| Namesake | Sergey Gorshkov |
| Builder | Chernomorskiy Yard, Nikolayev |
| Laid down | 17 February 1978 [1] |
| Launched | 1 April 1982 [1] |
| Commissioned | 11 December 1987 [1] |
| Decommissioned | 1996 |
| Fate | Sold to India as INS Vikramaditya on 20 January 2004 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Kiev-class aircraft cruiser |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 273 m (896 ft)[1] |
| Beam | |
| Draught | 9.42 m (30.9 ft)[1] |
| Propulsion | 4 shaft geared steam turbines, 200,000 shp |
| Speed | 32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
| Endurance | 13,500 nmi (25,000 km; 15,500 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Armament | 6 × twin SS-N-12 'Sandbox' SSM launchers (12 missiles)
24 × 8-cell SA-N-9 vertical SAM launchers (192 missiles) 2 × AK-100 (naval gun) 100 mm guns 10 × 533 mm torpedo tubes 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers |
| Aircraft carried | |
Baku (Russian: Баку) was a Kiev-class aircraft carrier[a][b] of the Soviet Navy and the Russian Navy from 1987 to 1996. In 1991 the ship was renamed Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov (Russian: Адмира́л фло́та Сове́тского Сою́за Горшков "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov") in Russian service.
Baku is considered a separate class due to her improvements including a phased array radar, extensive electronic warfare installations, and an enlarged command and control suite. She was launched in 1982, and was in service from 1987 to 1991 in the Soviet Navy as Baku, and from 1991 to 1996 in the Russian Navy as Admiral Gorshkov.
In 2004, Gorshkov was sold to India with extensive conversion and entered service as the new aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Project 11434". russian-ships.info. Archived from the original on 2013-04-04. Retrieved 2013-01-29.
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