Information on the Kirov class cruisers, cruisers of the Kirov class

The Kirov class, one in service, that is, Peter the Great, is equipped with 20 SS-N-19 Granite anti-ship missiles, 12 SA N Fortress missile vertical launch systems, SA N Gecko anti-aircraft missile twin launch devices, 2 SA N gloves eight vertical launch systems; Daggers, projectile-cannon systems (each equipped with twin mm Gatling guns and SA N Griling anti-aircraft missiles); Equipped with SS N — Starfish anti-submarine missiles (the number is added as needed, launched from torpedo tubes); mm twin torpedo tubes (two quintagrams); Two mm guns: two six-barreled anti-submarine rockets, one RBU ten-barreled anti-submarine rocket. The ship is fully loaded with 24,000 tons, the maximum speed is 30 knots, and the captain and width of the ship are in no way a product (that's too rubbish).

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The Kirov-class missile cruiser, known in the Soviet Union as Project Seahawk), is the largest in Russia and the world after an aircraft carrier, and the only nuclear-powered active cruiser in the world. The size of the "Kirov" class cruiser is close to the battleships of the World War II era, so it is also called a cruiser battleship in the West, with a displacement and ** firepower similar to a battleship, but the task and role are the same as the cruiser, and the Soviet Union uniformly called it"Large missile cruiser"。

Key figures. Standard displacement: 19,000 tons; Full load displacement:

26,396 tons; Draught: m; Endurance: 14,000 nautical miles at 30 knots; Maximum speed:

32 knots; Cruising speed: 28 knots; Hull dimensions: length meters, width meters, ship height meters; Staff:

727; Sonar: Horse Jaw sonar; Power plant: nuclear-powered, 2 KN-3 pressurized water reactors; Two steam boiler open and blind furnaces, two GT3A-688 gas turbines.

R&D history. In order to fully compete with the U.S. Navy and fulfill its ocean-going combat mission, the former Soviet Union built the world's largest cruiser after World War II in the early 10s before the Eighth Front"Kirov"class, the former Soviet Union numbered Type 1144. The ship is the first surface warship of the former Soviet Union to use nuclear propulsion, with a full load displacement of 26,396 tons, and is equipped with a VLS (i.e. vertical launch) system and a large number of missiles for the first time, and is equipped with 3 ***.

Equipment. A total of 4 cruisers of the Kirov class were built, of which only the 4th ship, "Peter the Great", was in service.

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There were several more Kirov-class cruisers

When the Soviet Union proposed the Grand Fleet plan, Stalin sarcastically mocked the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Kuznetsov, saying that in the next 10-15 years, our fleets will be on the defensive, unless you want to hit the United States, then that's a different matter. Since we don't have to go to the United States, let's not make our industrial sector so nervous.

After a lengthy debate, the Navy was given a plan to build ships with three heavy cruisers, a number of light cruisers (the pre-war 68k and the new 68 biss), and a series of destroyers, bringing the number of large surface ships to 188. Although it is much less than the original plan of the Navy, it is still a large maritime force. After Stalin's death, Khrushchev and his supporters were dismissive of conventional forces for a time due to their one-sided superstitious belief in nuclear forces, until the Cuban Missile Crisis hit a wall and finally realized the importance of conventional forces, especially aircraft carriers.

He believes that conventional forces are almost vulnerable in the face of nuclear **, especially against the navy, and in his eyes large ships are like "moving targets and floating steel coffins" in front of rockets**. On his orders, the construction of both cruisers of the "Sverdlov" class and destroyers of the "Quiet" class was terminated.

The unfinished ** was dismantled in later days, regardless of progress, and the Stalinist plans for the Grand Fleet came to an end. Only the ships built survived, including 14 Type 68 and 27 Type 56 destroyers, as well as a group of 68K cruisers and 30K 30 Bis destroyers, the latter of which were decommissioned early in the early stages of the Cold War. However, the activities of the former continued throughout the Cold War, and various improved models were also active in the world's seas, becoming the precursor of the Soviet Navy's march to the open sea.

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The Sverdlov class was originally intended to build 30 ships. From December 1948 to the beginning of 1955, 23 ships of the same class were built or under construction at shipyards in Leningrad and Severodvinsk. But Stalin's death and Khrushchev's rise to power changed everything.

In the end, 17 cruisers were launched, and only 14 of them were completed and entered service with the four fleets of the Soviet Union.

The Sverdlov-class light cruisers were the first large surface ships built by the Soviet Union after the war, and were an important part of Stalin's ambitious plan for the development of the Soviet Red Navy. Kuznetsov, who served as commander-in-chief of the Red Navy of the USSR from April 1939, has been faithfully developing large ships of the Navy in accordance with Stalin's requirements.

In 1955, Khrushchev came to power and immediately put the Soviet Union's large surface ships into the cold, and in this year all large ships, including the Sverdlov-class cruisers, were halted or discontinued, and Kuznetsov, who had always been loyal to Stalin, was replaced by Gorshkov in January 1956. From then on, the Soviet Red Navy began the 30-year "Gorshkov era".

<> "Russian "Kirov" class cruisers.

The Kirov-class cruisers are four large Soviet-built nuclear-powered cruisers that entered service in 1980 and are still in service with the Russian Navy.

Basic parameters. Full load displacement: 26396 tons.

Overall length: m. Width: m.

Draught: m; Maximum speed: 31 knots.

Crew: 727 people.

Structural elucidation. The "Kirov" class cruisers were plump and had a noticeably outward bow section. The spacious stern is square in shape with a flight deck and below it is a hangar for 3 ***.

The hull structure is longitudinal skeleton, and the nuclear power plant and nuclear fuel tank are armoured. The ship is equipped with 2 pressurized water reactors and 2 oil-fired superheated boilers, using steam turbines, twin shaft outputs, and 2 4-blade propellers.

Combat performance. The upper deck of the Kirov-class cruiser is armed with 20 SS-N-19 "Granite" anti-ship missiles, and in the rear of the ship's converted vertical body there is one 130 mm caliber AK-130DP multipurpose double-barreled naval gun. The anti-aircraft fire of ships of this class consists mainly of SA-N-6 anti-aircraft missiles, SA-N-9 anti-aircraft missiles, SA-N-4 anti-aircraft missiles and the "Kashtan" short-range defense ** system.

The perimeter anti-submarine mission of the Kirov-class cruiser mainly relies on 3 carrier-based ***, using the type Ka-27 or Ka-25.