Soviet cruiser Kirov
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 Soviet Union
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| Name: | Kirov |
| Namesake: | Sergei Kirov |
| Builder: | Ordzhonikidze Yard, Leningrad |
| Yard number: | 269 |
| Laid down: | 22 October 1935 |
| Launched: | 30 November 1936 |
| Commissioned: | 23 September 1938 |
| Reclassified: | 2 August 1961 as training cruiser |
| Struck: | December 1974 |
| Honours and awards: |
Order of the Red Banner |
| General characteristics (Project 26) | |
| Class and type: | Kirov-class cruiser |
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| Length: | 191.3 m (627 ft 7 in) |
| Beam: | 17.66 m (57 ft 11 in) |
| Draught: | 6.15 m (20 ft 2 in) (full load) |
| Installed power: | 113,500 shp (84,600 kW) |
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| Speed: | 35.94 knots (66.56 km/h; 41.36 mph) (on trials) |
| Endurance: | 3,750 nmi (6,940 km; 4,320 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement: | 872 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Arktur hydrophone |
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| Aircraft carried: | 2 × KOR-1 seaplanes |
| Aviation facilities: | 1 Heinkel K-12 catapult |
Kirov (Russian: Киров) was a Project 26 Kirov-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy that served during the Winter War, World War II and into the Cold War. She attempted to bombard Finnish coast defense guns during action in the Winter War, but was driven off by a number of near misses that damaged her. She led the Evacuation of Tallinn at the end of August 1941, before being blockaded in Leningrad where she could only provide gunfire support during the Siege of Leningrad. She bombarded Finnish positions during the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive in mid-1944, but played no further part in the war. Kirov was reclassified as a training cruiser on 2 August 1961 and sold for scrap on 22 February 1974.
Kirov was 191.3 metres (627 ft 7 in) long, had a beam of 17.66 metres (57 ft 11 in) and had a draft between 5.75 to 6.15 metres (18 ft 10 in to 20 ft 2 in). She displaced 7,890 tonnes (7,765 long tons) at standard load and 9,436 tonnes (9,287 long tons) at full load. Her steam turbines produced a total of 113,500 shaft horsepower (84,637 kW) and she reached 35.94 knots (66.56 km/h; 41.36 mph) on trials.
Kirov carried nine 180-millimeter (7.1 in) 57-caliber B-1-P guns in three electrically powered MK-3-180 triple turrets. Her secondary armament consisted of six single 100-millimeter (3.9 in) 56-caliber B-34 anti-aircraft guns fitted on each side of the rear funnel. Her light AA guns consisted of six semi-automatic 45-millimeter (1.8 in) 21-K AA guns and four DK 12.7-millimeter (0.50 in) machine guns. Six 533-millimeter (21.0 in) 39-Yu torpedo tubes were fitted in two triple mountings.
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