Kynda class cruiser
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 Kynda class missile cruiser |
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| Soviet Union |  |
|---|---|
| Builders: | Zhdanov |
| Operators: |  Soviet Navy Russian Navy |
| Following class: | Slava |
| In service: | 1962 |
| Out of service: | 2002 |
| Ships in Class | |
| Ships in class: | 4 |
| Ships in storage: | Admiral Golovko |
| Scrapped ships: | Grozny Admiral Fokin Varyag |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5,400 tons |
| Length: | 142.7 m |
| Beam: | 16 m |
| Draught: | 4.1 m |
| Propulsion and power: | 4 boilers 2 steam turbines 100,000 shp |
| Speed: | 34 knots |
| Range: | 3,610 miles |
| Complement: | 390 |
| Armament: | 16 anti-ship missiles 16 anti-aircraft missiles 4 dual purpose guns 2 anti-submarine rocket launchers 6 torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft complement: | None |
| Aircraft facilities: | Helicopter platform |
The Project 58 Missile cruisers, known to NATO as the Kynda class were the first Soviet missile cruisers and a considerable advance for the Soviet Navy. Their main role was anti surface warfare using the SS-N-3 Missile. The ships were ordered in 1956 and laid down in 1960-61. All four ships were built by the Zhdanov yard Leningrad.
[edit] General Carecteristics
- Displacement: 4400 tons standard, 5600 tons full load
- Length: 141.7 m
- Beam: 15.8 m
- Draught: 5.3 m
- Machinery 2 shaft geared steam turbines, 4 boilers 100,000 hp
- Speed: 34 knots
- Range: 2000 nm at 34 knots, 7000 nm at 14.5 knots
- Armament:
- Crew: 390
[edit] Ships
- Grozny (Terrible) (Грозный) - completed 1962 - Scrapped 1991
- Admiral Fokin (Адмирал Фокин) - completed 1964 - scrapped 1993
- Admiral Golovko (Адмирал Головко) - named after Arseniy Golovko, completed 1964. From 1995 to 1997 she was a flagship of the Black Sea fleet, then she became deactivated and removed from service in 2002.
- Varyag (Варяг) - completed 1965 - decommissioned 1990, This ship featured in a Soviet TV documentary in the late 1970's. It was planned to preserve her as a museum
