Kresta I class cruiser


Kresta cruiser
Class overview
Builders: Zhdanov, Leningrad
Operators:  Soviet Navy
 Russian Navy
Preceded by: Kynda
Succeeded by: Kresta II
Completed: 4
Retired: 4
General characteristics
Displacement: 6,000 tons standard, 7,500 tons full load
Length: 159.0m
Beam: 17.0m
Draught: 6.0m
Propulsion: 2 steam turbines
91,000-100,000 shp
Speed: 34 knots
Range: 10,500 nm at 14 kt
Complement: 343-360
Armament: 2 twin SS-N-3 Shaddock anti ship missiles
2 twin SA-N-1 Goa surface to air missile launchers (44 missiles)
2 twin 57-mm/70-cal AK-725 anti-aircraft guns
2 quintuple 533mm torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried: 1 Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-B'
Aviation facilities: Heli