[Kirov class] [Battlecruisser] [Russia]

Kirov battlecruiser - High definition illustration


Operators: Soviet Navy / Russian Navy
In service: 1980

Displacement: 24300 tons standard, 28000 tons full load
Length: 252 m
Beam: 28.5 m
Draft: 9.1 m
Propulsion: 2x shaft CONAS, 2× KN-3 nuclear propulsion with 2× GT3A-688 steam turbines, 140000 shp
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h)
Range: 1000 nautical miles (2000 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h) on combined propulsion, unlimited at 20 knots (37 km/h) on nuclear power
Complement: 710

Radars: Voskhod MR-800 (Top Pair) 3D search radar, Fregat MR-710 (Top Steer) 3D search radar, 2× Palm Frond navigation radar
Sonar: Horse Jaw LF hull sonar, Horse Tail VDS (Variable Depth Sonar)
Electronic warfare and decoys: 2x PK-2 Decoy dispensers (400 rockets)

Missiles:

• 20× P-700 Granit (SS-N-19 Shipwreck) AShM
• 14× SS-N-14 Silex ASW cruise missiles (Ushakov only)
• 96x S-300PMU Favorit SA-N-6 Grumble surface-to-air missiles (Ushakov, Lazarev, Nakhimov)
• 96x S-300FM (SA-N-20 Gargoyle) long-range SAM (Pyotr Velikhy)
• 192x 9K311 Tor (SA-N-9 Gauntlet) point defense SAM
• 44x 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 Velikhy)

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