Soviet cruiser Admiral Oktyabrsky

Admiral Oktyabrsky at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz, October 1990
History
Soviet Union → Russia
NameAdmiral Oktyabrsky
NamesakeFilipp Oktyabrsky
BuilderZhdanov Shipyard
Laid down2 June 1969
Launched21 May 1971
Commissioned28 December 1973
Decommissioned30 June 1993
FateSold for scrap, 1993
General characteristics
Class and typeKresta II-class cruiser
Displacement
Length156.5 m (513.5 ft) (o/a)
Beam17.2 m (56.4 ft)
Draught5.96 m (19.6 ft)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range5,200 nmi (9,600 km; 6,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement343
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar
    • Volga
    • MR-600 Voskhod
    • MR-310U Angara M
    • 2 x 4R60 Grom
    • 2 x MR-103 Bars
    • 2 x MR-123 Vympel
  • Sonar
    • MG-332T Titan-2T
Armament
Aircraft carried1 Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-A'
Aviation facilitiesHelicopter deck and hangar

Admiral Oktyabrsky (Russian: Адмирал Октябрьский) was a Project 1134A Berkut A (NATO reporting name Kresta II)-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy, which briefly became part of the Russian Navy. The sixth ship of her class, the ship served mostly during the Cold War, from 1973 to 1993.

She served with the Pacific Fleet for the duration of her career, often operating in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific in order to show the flag. Admiral Oktyabrsky cruised in the Indian and the Pacific Oceans during 1974, 1977, and 1978, spending a year in refit until late 1979. She returned to the Indian Ocean in 1980 and underwent a lengthy refit between 1982 and 1986, before being sent to the Persian Gulf in 1990. Due to reduced naval funding, the cruiser was decommissioned in 1993 before being sold for scrap.