Soviet aircraft carrier Novorossiysk

Novorossiysk in 1986
History
Russia
NameNovorossiysk
NamesakeCity of Novorossiysk
BuilderChernomorskiy yard, Nikolayev
Laid down30 September 1975[1]
Launched26 December 1978[1]
Commissioned14 September 1982[1]
Decommissioned30 June 1993
FateScrapped 1997
General characteristics
Class and typeKiev-class aircraft cruiser
Displacement
  • 31,900 tons (standard)[1]
  • 43,220 tons (loaded)[1]
Length273.1 m (896 ft) overall[1]
Beam
  • 51.3 m (168 ft) o/a
  • 31 m (102 ft) w/l[1]
Draught9.3 m (31 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)
Armament4 × twin SS-N-12 Sandbox SSM launchers (8 missiles),

2 × twin SA-N-3 Goblet SAM launchers (72 missiles), 2 × twin 76.2 mm AA guns, 8 × AK-630 30 mm CIWS,

1 × twin SUW-N-1 FRAS Anti-Submarine Rocket launcher
Aircraft carried

Novorossiysk (Russian: Новороссийск) was a conventionally powered aircraft carrier (heavy aircraft cruiser in Russian classification)[2] that served the Soviet Navy and the Russian Navy from 1982 to 1993. She was the third Kiev-class vessel to be built. She was designed to engage in offensive actions as a guided missile cruiser mostly using her deck mounted missiles as well as support anti-submarine and surface actions with her embarked air group.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Project 1143". Russian-ships.info. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  2. ^ Due to restrictions imposed by the Montreux Convention limiting the tonnage of aircraft carriers traveling through the Bosporus, all Soviet and Russian aircraft carriers are named as aircraft carrying cruisers. In the case of Novorossiysk, this accurately reflects the ship's mission and weapons fit.