Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk

Minsk in 1983
History
Russia
NameMinsk
NamesakeCity of Minsk
BuilderChernomorskiy yard, Mykolayiv
Laid down28 December 1972 [1]
Launched30 September 1975 [1]
Commissioned27 September 1978 [1]
Decommissioned30 June 1993
StatusSold to China in 1995; sold again and placed in Naval museum in Jiangsu, China since 2016. Severely damaged by fire on 16 August 2024
General characteristics
Class and typeKiev-class aircraft cruiser
Displacement
  • 30,535 tons (standard) [1]
  • 41,380 tons (loaded) [1]
Length273 m (896 ft) overall[1]
Beam
  • 49.2 m (161 ft) o/a
  • 31 m (102 ft) w/l[1]
Draught8.94 m (29.3 ft)[1]
Propulsion4 shaft geared steam turbines, 140,000 shp
Speed32 knots (59 km/h)
Endurance13,500 nautical miles (25,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Armament
  • 4 × twin SS-N-12 Sandbox SSM launchers (8 missiles)
  • 2 × twin SA-N-3 Shtorm SAM launchers (72 missiles)
  • 2 × twin SA-N-4 Gecko SAM launchers (40 missiles)
  • 2 × twin 76 mm guns
  • 8 × AK-630 30 mm CIWS
  • 10 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
  • 1 × twin SUW-N-1 ASW rocket launcher (16 nuclear-tipped rockets)
  • 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
Aircraft carried

Minsk (Russian: Минск) is an aircraft carrier (heavy aircraft cruiser in Russian classification)[a] that served the Soviet Navy and the Russian Navy from 1978 to 1994. She was the second Kiev-class vessel to be built.

From 2000 to 2016 she was a theme park known as Minsk World in Shatoujiao, Yantian, Shenzhen, China.

In April 2016, Minsk was towed to Jiangsu for exhibition. On 16 August 2024, she was burnt in a fire in Nantong, Jiangsu province.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Project 1143". Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2013.


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