Soviet helicopter carrier Leningrad

Leningrad underway in 1990
History
Soviet Union
Name	Leningrad
Namesake	Leningrad
Builder	Nikolayev South (Shipyard No.444)
Laid down	15 January 1965 [1]
Launched	31 July 1966 [1]
Commissioned	2 June 1969 [1]
Decommissioned	24 June 1991
Fate	Scrapped 1995
General characteristics
Class and type	Moskva-class helicopter carrier
Displacement	11,920 tons (standard)[1] 15,280 tons (loaded)[1]
Length	189.0 m (620 ft 1 in)[1]
Beam	34.0 m (111 ft 7 in)[1]
Draught	7.7 m (25 ft 3 in)[1]
Propulsion	2 shaft steam turbines, 4 pressure fire boilers, 100,000 hp (75,000 kW)
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Range	14,000 nmi (26,000 km; 16,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	850
Armament	SA-N-3 'Goblet' SAM 2 twin launchers, 2 × twin 57 mm guns, 1 × SUW-N-1 launcher for FRAS-1 anti submarine missiles, 2 × RBU-6000 ASW rockets, 10 × 553 mm torpedo tubes (2 × 5)
Aircraft carried	14 Ka-27 'Helix' helicopters

Leningrad was the second of two Moskva-class helicopter carriers in service with the Soviet Navy. Laid down at Nikolayev South (Shipyard No.444), Leningrad was commissioned in late 1968. Preceded by Moskva, there were no further vessels built, reportedly due to the poor handling of the ships in rough seas. She was conventionally powered.