Soviet cruiser Kirov

59°56′31″N 30°12′31″E / 59.9420402°N 30.2086731°E / 59.9420402; 30.2086731

Kirov in 1941
History
Soviet Union
NameKirov
NamesakeSergei Kirov
BuilderOrdzhonikidze Yard, Leningrad
Yard number269
Laid down22 October 1935
Launched30 November 1936
Commissioned23 September 1938
ReclassifiedAs a training ship, 2 August 1961
StrickenDecember 1974
Honours and
awards
Order of the Red Banner Order of the Red Banner
FateSold for scrap, 22 February 1974
General characteristics (Project 26)
Class and typeKirov-class cruiser
Displacement
Length191.3 m (627 ft 7 in)
Beam17.66 m (57 ft 11 in)
Draught6.15 m (20 ft 2 in) (full load)
Installed power
  • 6 Yarrow-Normand boilers
  • 113,500 shp (84,600 kW)
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed35.94 knots (66.56 km/h; 41.36 mph) (on trials)
Endurance3,750 nmi (6,940 km; 4,320 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement872
Sensors and
processing systems
Arktur hydrophone
Armament
Armor
Aircraft carried2 × KOR-1 seaplanes
Aviation facilities1 Heinkel K-12 catapult

Kirov (Russian: Киров, IPA: [ˈkʲirəf]) was a Project 26 Kirov-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy that served during the Winter War and World War II, and into the Cold War. She attempted to bombard Finnish coast defense guns during action in the Winter War, but was driven off by a number of near misses that damaged her. She led the Evacuation of Tallinn at the end of August 1941, before being blockaded in Leningrad where she could only provide gunfire support during the siege of Leningrad. She bombarded Finnish positions during the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive in mid-1944, but played no further part in the war. Kirov was reclassified as a training cruiser on 2 August 1961 and sold for scrap on 22 February 1974.