Kresta I-class cruiser
Kresta-class cruiser Vize-Admiral Drozd in 1986.
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| Name: | Kresta I class |
| Builders: | Zhdanov, Leningrad |
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| Preceded by: | Kynda class |
| Succeeded by: | Kresta II class |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Retired: | 4 |
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| Type: | Guided missile cruiser |
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| Length: | 159 m (521 ft 8 in) |
| Beam: | 17 m (55 ft 9 in) |
| Draught: | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
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| Speed: | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Range: | 10,500 nautical miles (19,400 km; 12,100 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement: | 343-360 |
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| Aircraft carried: | 1 Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-B' |
| Aviation facilities: | Helicopter deck and hangar |
The Kresta I-class cruiser is a Soviet cruiser class. The Soviet designation was Project 1134 Berkut (golden eagle).
These ships were designed for a surface warfare role. Soviet priorities were changed to an anti-submarine role and only 4 ships were built with this configuration. These ships were followed by the Kresta II class, an anti-submarine derivative.
Though considerably larger, more effective and reliable than the previous Soviet cruiser class, the Kynda class, the Kresta I surface warfare cruisers carried only half as many Shaddock launch tubes and one-fourth the total number of missiles. Initially it was planned to fit the SS-N-12 Sandbox (P-500 Bazalt) missile but the protracted development of this missile led to the older SS-N-3 being shipped. The self-defence armament was considerably increased as were command and communications facilities.
The Kresta Is could launch four SS-N-3b SLCMs and 44 SA-N-1 surface-to-air missiles with two twin launchers fore and aft, and had ten 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes. A single Ka-25 Hormone B helicopter was carried for targeting the cruise missile, and mid-course corrections.
Electronics Fit carried :
Two unbuilt variants were proposed;
The initial plan was for a single squadron of seven ships armed with long range missiles and two squadrons of fourteen ships armed with shorter range missiles. In reality only four ships were built before production switched to the anti-submarine variant the Kresta II class
Gardiner, Robert (ed.) (1995). Conway's all the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. London: Conway Maritime. ISBN . OCLC 34284130. Also published as Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's all the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN . OCLC 34267261.
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