| Soviet cruiser Mikhail Kutuzov | |
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 Mikhail Kutuzov preserved as a museum | |
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| Name: | Mikhail Kutuzov |
| Namesake: | Field Marshall Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov |
| Ordered: | 22 February 1950 |
| Builder: | Black Sea Shipyard, Nikolayev |
| Laid down: | 23 February 1951 |
| Launched: | 29 November 1952 |
| Commissioned: | 30 February 1954 |
| Decommissioned: | 2000 |
| Struck: | 25 August 2001 |
| Status: | Preserved as museum ship in Novorossiysk |
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| Class & type: | Sverdlov-class cruiser |
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| Beam: | 22 m (72 ft) |
| Draught: | 6.9 m (23 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft geared steam turbines, 6 boilers, 110,000 hp (82,000 kW) |
| Speed: | 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
| Range: | 9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement: | 1,250 |
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Mikhail Kutuzov (Russian: Михаил Кутузов) is a light cruiser project no. 68-bis (designated the Sverdlov class by NATO) of the Soviet and later the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet.
She was laid down at the Black Sea Shipyard in Nikolayev on 23 February 1951 and commissioned on 30 February 1954. Mikhail Kutuzov joined the Black Sea Fleet after commissioning and sea trials, on 31 January 1955.[1]
Fate[]
On 28 July 2002, Mikhail Kutuzov was opened to the public as a museum ship in Novorossiysk. On 1 October 2012, she was made a branch of the Central Naval Museum.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Cruiser "Mikhail Kutuzov"". Central Naval Museum. http://eng.navalmuseum.ru/filials/cruiser_mikhail_kutuzov. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
Coordinates: 44°43′16″N 37°46′55″E / 44.72111°N 37.78194°E
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