 Maxim Gorky
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| History | |
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 Soviet Union | |
| Name | Maxim Gorky |
| Namesake | Maxim Gorky |
| Builder | Ordzhonikidze Yard, Leningrad |
| Yard number | 270 |
| Laid down | 20 December 1936 |
| Launched | 30 April 1938 |
| Commissioned | 12 December 1940 |
| Decommissioned | 17 February 1956 |
| Refit | Summer 1953 |
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| Fate | Sold for scrap 18 April 1959 |
| General characteristics (Project 26bis) | |
| Class and type | Kirov-class cruiser |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 191.4 m (627 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 17.66 m (57 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) (full load) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 36.72 knots (68.01 km/h; 42.26 mph) (on trials) |
| Endurance | 4,220 nmi (7,820 km; 4,860 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement | 963 |
| Sensors and processing systems | Arktur hydrophone |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × KOR-1 seaplanes |
| Aviation facilities | 1 ZK-1 catapult |
Maxim Gorky (Russian: Максим Горький) was a Project 26bis Kirov-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy that saw action during World War II and continued in service into the Cold War. The ship's bow was blown off by a mine in the Gulf of Riga during the opening stages of Operation Barbarossa, but she made it to Kronstadt for repairs. However, after being repaired, the ship was trapped in harbour for most of the war, by Axis minefields at Leningrad and Kronstadt. Despite being trapped, Maxim Gorky was active in two engagements: the ship provided gunfire in support for the defenders during the Siege of Leningrad, and she later bombarded Finnish positions during the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive in mid-1944. She saw no further action in World War II. A major modernization was begun in 1953, but the navy reconsidered the cost-effectiveness of the refit and work was cancelled in 1955. Maxim Gorky was sold for scrap in 1959.