 Voroshilov
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| History | |
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 Soviet Union | |
| Name | Voroshilov |
| Namesake | Kliment Voroshilov |
| Builder | Marti South, Nikolayev |
| Yard number | 297 |
| Laid down | 15 October 1935 |
| Launched | 28 June 1937 |
| Commissioned | 20 June 1940 |
| Out of service | 6 October 1972 |
| Renamed | 31 December 1961 as OS-24 |
| Reclassified | 31 December 1961 as an experimental ship |
| Refit | April 1954 – 31 December 1961 |
| Honors and awards | Order of the Red Banner, 8 July 1945 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap 2 March 1973 |
| General characteristics (Project 26) | |
| Class and type | Kirov-class cruiser |
| Displacement | 7,890 t (7,770 long tons) (standard) |
| Length | 191.3 m (627 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 17.66 m (57 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 6.15 m (20 ft 2 in) (full load) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 36.72 knots (68.01 km/h; 42.26 mph) (on trials) |
| Endurance | 2,140 nmi (3,960 km; 2,460 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement | 872 |
| Sensors and processing systems | Arktur hydrophone |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × KOR-1 seaplanes |
| Aviation facilities | 1 Heinkel catapult |
Voroshilov (Russian: Ворошилов) was a Project 26 Kirov-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy that served during World War II and into the Cold War. She bombarded German troops during the siege of Odessa before being badly damaged in November 1941 by German bombers. Upon her return from repairs in March 1942 she supported Soviet troops during the siege of Sevastopol, the Kerch–Feodosiya operation and the amphibious landings at Novorossiysk at the end of January 1943. Her active participation in the war ended in October 1943 when three destroyers were lost to air attack and Joseph Stalin forbade missions using large ships without his permission. Postwar she was converted to a missile test ship before being sold for scrap in 1973.