Soviet cruiser Admiral Nakhimov (1969)

Admiral Nakhimov in 1979
History
Soviet Union
NameAdmiral Nakhimov
NamesakePavel Nakhimov
BuilderZhdanov Shipyard
Laid down15 January 1968
Launched15 April 1969
Commissioned29 November 1971
Decommissioned31 January 1991
FateSold for scrap, 1993
General characteristics
Class and typeKresta II-class cruiser
Displacement
  • 5,600 tons standard
  • 7,535 tons full load
Length156.5 m (513 ft)
Beam17.2 m (56 ft)
Draught5.96 m (19.6 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 shaft steam turbines
  • 4 boilers
  • 91,000–100,000 shp (68,000–75,000 kW)
Speed34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range
  • 10,500 nmi (19,400 km; 12,100 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
  • 5,200 nmi (9,600 km; 6,000 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Endurance1830 tons fuel oil
Complement343
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar
    • Volga
    • MR-600 Voskhod
    • MR-310U Angara M
    • 2 x 4R60 Grom
    • 2 x MR-103 Bars
  • Sonar
    • MG-332T Titan-2T
Armament
Aircraft carried1 Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-A'
Aviation facilitiesHelicopter deck and hangar

Admiral Nakhimov (Russian: Адмирал Нахимов) was a Project 1134A Kresta II-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy, named for Russian naval commander Pavel Nakhimov. The third ship of her class, the ship served during the Cold War, from 1971 to 1991. She served with the Northern Fleet for the duration of her career, often operating in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean in order to show the flag. She was decommissioned in 1991 before being sold for scrap due to reduced naval funding in 1993.