History | |
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Soviet Union | |
Name | Kronstadt |
Namesake | Kronstadt |
Builder | Zhdanov Shipyard |
Laid down | 30 November 1966 |
Launched | 10 February 1968 |
Commissioned | 29 December 1969 |
Decommissioned | 24 June 1991 |
Fate | Scrapped 1993 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Kresta II-class cruiser |
Displacement |
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Length | 156.5 m (513 ft) |
Beam | 17.2 m (56 ft) |
Draught | 5.96 m (19.6 ft) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range |
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Endurance | 1830 tons fuel oil |
Complement | 343 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-A' |
Aviation facilities | Helicopter deck and hangar |
Kronstadt (Russian: Кронштадт) was a Project 1134A Kresta II-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy, named for the Kronstadt naval base. The first ship of her class, the ship served during the Cold War, from 1969 to 1991. She served with the Northern Fleet, with her shakedown cruise being through the Mediterranean Sea. After colliding with a destroyer in 1975, she spent five years being repaired and modernized. She was decommissioned in 1991 before being sold for scrap two years later due to reduced naval funding and deteriorating conditions.