| Career (Russia) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Nikolayev |
| Builder: | 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant[1] |
| Laid down: | 25 June 1968 |
| Launched: | 19 December 1969 |
| Commissioned: | 31 December 1971 |
| Decommissioned: | 3 July 1992 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1994 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: |
8,200 tons standard 9,700 tons full load[2] |
| Length: | 173.2 m |
| Beam: | 18.6 m |
| Draught: | 6.7 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft COGAG, 4 gas turbines, 120,000 hp (89 MW) |
| Speed: | 34 knots |
| Range: | 9,000 miles |
| Complement: | 380 |
| Armament: |
2 quad SS-N-14 Silex anti-submarine missiles 2 twin SA-N-3 Goblet surface to air missile launchers (80 missiles) SA-N-4 Gecko surface to air missile launchers (40 missiles) 2 twin 76mm AK-726 dual purpose guns 4 30mm AK-630 CIWS 2x5 533 mm PTA-53-1134B torpedo tubes 2 RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers 2 RBU-1000 anti-submarine rocket launchers |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-A' or Kamov Ka-27 'Helix' |
Nikolayev was the lead ship of the Kara-class cruisers of the Soviet Navy. She was launched in December 1969 and completed in December 1971. After the fall of the USSR, she was transferred to the Ukrainian Navy. In 1994 she was scrapped in India.[2]
References[]
- ↑ "Nikolayev". World Warships. Matterson Marine Pty Ltd. http://www.worldwarships.com/class/kara/nikolayev. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chant, Chris (2004). Warships Today. Summertime Publishing Ltd. pp. 98. ISBN 0-7607-6700-9.
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