Kara class cruiser


Kerch
Class overview
Builders: 61 Kommunara Zavod Black Sea Shipyard
Operators:  Soviet Navy
 Russian Navy
Preceded by: Kresta
Succeeded by: Udaloy / Slava
In service: 1971
In commission: 1969
Completed: 7
Active: Kerch
Laid up: Petropavlovsk
Vladivostok
Ochakov
Retired: Azov
General characteristics
Displacement: 9,900 tons
Length: 173.2 m
Beam: 18.6 m
Draught: 6.7 m
Propulsion: 2 shaft COGAG, 4 gas turbines, 120,000 hp (88 MW)
Speed: 32 knots
Range: 9,000 miles
Complement: 380
Armament: 2 quad SS-N-14 Silex anti-submarine missiles
2 twin SA-N-3 Goblet surface to air missile launchers (80 missiles)
SA-N-4 Gecko surface to air missile launchers (40 missiles)
2 twin 76mm AK-726 dual purpose guns
4 30mm AK-630 CIWS
2x5 533 mm PTA-53-1134B torpedo tubes
2 RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
2 RBU-1000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
24 SA-N-6 Grumble surface to air missiles [on Azov]
Aircraft carried: 1 Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-A'