Moskva class helicopter carrier


Leningrad underway in 1990.
Class overview
Name: Moskva
Operators:  Soviet Navy
 Russian Navy
Succeeded by: Kiev aircraft carriers
In service: 1967-1991
Planned: 3
Completed: 2
Cancelled: 1
Retired: 2
General characteristics
Type: helicopter carrier
Displacement: 14,950 tons standard
17,500 tons full load
Length: 189 m
Beam: 23 m
Draught: 13 m
Propulsion: 2 shaft steam turbines, 4 pressure fire boilers, 100,000 hp
Speed: 31 knots (57 km/h)
Range: 14,000 nm at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement: 850
Armament: 2× twin SA-N-3 'Goblet' SAM 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: 18× Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone' or Mi-8 helicopters
Notes: Ships in class include: Moskva, Leningrad