Soviet cruiser Admiral Nakhimov (1969)

Admiral Nakhimov in 1979
History
Soviet Union
Name	Admiral Nakhimov
Namesake	Pavel Nakhimov
Builder	Zhdanov Shipyard
Laid down	15 January 1968
Launched	15 April 1969
Commissioned	29 November 1971
Decommissioned	31 January 1991
Fate	Sold for scrap, 1993
General characteristics
Class and type	Kresta II-class cruiser
Displacement	5,600 tons standard 7,535 tons full load
Length	156.5 m (513 ft)
Beam	17.2 m (56 ft)
Draught	5.96 m (19.6 ft)
Propulsion	2 shaft steam turbines 4 boilers 91,000–100,000 shp (68,000–75,000 kW)
Speed	34 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)
Endurance	1830 tons fuel oil
Complement	343
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	2 quad SS-N-14 Silex anti-submarine missiles 2 twin SA-N-3 Goblet surface-to-air missile launchers (72 missiles) 2 twin 57 mm/70 AK-725 anti-aircraft guns 4 30 mm AK-630 CIWS 2 quintuple 533 mm torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried	1 Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-A'
Aviation facilities	Helicopter 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.