Kirov class battlecruiser


Kirov-class battlecruiser Frunze
Class overview
Builders: Baltic Shipyard, Leningrad
Operators:  Soviet Navy
 Russian Navy
Built: 1974–1998
In service: From 1980
Planned: 5
Completed: 4
Cancelled: 1
Active: 1 (1 in overhaul, 2 in reserve)
Retired: 0
General characteristics
Type: Heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser
Displacement: 24,300 tons standard, 28,000 (full load)
Length: 252 m (827 ft)
Beam: 28.5 m (94 ft)
Draft: 9.1 m (30 ft)
Propulsion: 2-shaft CONAS, 2× KN-3 nuclear propulsion with 2× GT3A-688 steam turbines
140,000 shp
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h)
Range: 1,000 nautical miles (2,000 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h) (combined propulsion),
unlimited at 20 knots (37 km/h) on nuclear power
Complement: 710
Sensors and
processing systems:
Radars: (NATO reporting name):
Voskhod MR-800 (Top Pair) 3D search radar, foremast

Fregat MR-710 (Top Steer) 3D search radar, main mast
2 × Palm Frond navigation radar, foremast
Sonar:Horse Jaw LF hull sonar
Horse Tail VDS (Variable Depth Sonar)
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
2 x PK-2 Decoy dispensers (400 rockets)
Armament: Missiles:
• 20 × P-700 Granit (SS-N-19 Shipwreck) AShM
• 14 × SS-N-14 Silex ASW cruise missiles (Ushakov only)
• 96 S-300F Fort SA-N-6 Grumble surface-to-air missiles (Ushakov, Lazarev, Nakhimov)
• 48 S-300F Fort and 46 S-300FM Fort-M (SA-N-20 Gargoyle) long-range SAM (Pyotr Velikhy)
• 128 9K95 Tor (SA-N-9 Gauntlet) point defense SAM
• 44 OSA-MA (SA-N-4 Gecko) PD SAM
Guns:
• 1 × twin AK-130 130 mm/L70 dual purpose gun (2 × AK-100 100 mm/L60 DP guns in Ushakov)
• 8 ×AK-630 six-barreled Gatling 30 mm/L60 PD guns (Ushakov, Lazarev)
• 6 × CADS-N-1 Kashtan gun/missile system (Nakhimov, Pyotr Velikiy)
Torpedoes and others:
• 1 × 10 RBU-1000 305 mm ASW rocket launchers
• 2 × 6 RBU-12000 (Udav-1) 254 mm ASW rocket launchers
• 10 × 533 mm ASW/ASuW torpedo tubes, Type 53 torpedo or RPK-2 Viyuga (SS-N-15) ASW missile
Armour: 76 mm plating around reactor compartment, light splinter protection
Aircraft carried: 3 helicopters
Aviation facilities: Below-deck hangar