Soviet cruiser Molotov

Side view of Molotov
History
Soviet Union
Name:	Molotov
Namesake:	Vyacheslav Molotov
Builder:	Marti South, Nikolayev
Laid down:	14 January 1937
Launched:	4 December 1939
Commissioned:	14 January 1941
Renamed:	Slava (Glory) 3 August 1957
Reclassified:	3 August 1961 as training cruiser
Refit:	1952–28 January 1955
Fate:	sold for scrap 4 April 1972
General characteristics (Project 26bis)
Class and type:	Kirov-class cruiser
Displacement:	8,177 tonnes (8,048 long tons) (standard) 9,728 tonnes (9,574 long tons) (full load)
Length:	191.4 m (627 ft 11 in)
Beam:	17.66 m (57 ft 11 in)
Draft:	6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) (full load)
Installed power:	129,750 shp (96,750 kW)
Propulsion:	2 shafts, TB-7 geared turbines 6 Yarrow-Normand oil-fired boilers
Speed:	36.72 knots (68.01 km/h; 42.26 mph) (on trials)
Endurance:	4,220 nmi (7,820 km; 4,860 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement:	963
Sensors and processing systems:	Arktur hydrophone Redut-K air-warning radar
Armament:	3 × 3 - 180 mm (7.1 in) B-1-P guns 6 × 1 - 100 mm (3.9 in) B-34 dual purpose guns 9 × 1 - 45-millimeter (1.8 in) 21-K AA guns 4 × 1 - 12.7-millimeter (0.50 in) DShK AA machine guns 2 × 3 - 533-millimeter (21.0 in) torpedo tubes 96–150 mines 50 depth charges
Armor:	Waterline belt: 70 mm (2.8 in) Deck: 50 mm (2.0 in) each Turrets: 70 mm (2.8 in) Barbettes: 70 mm (2.8 in) Conning tower: 150 mm (5.9 in)
Aircraft carried:	2 × KOR-2 seaplanes
Aviation facilities:	1 ZK-1 catapult

Molotov (Russian: Молотов) was a Project 26bis Kirov-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy that served during World War II and into the Cold War. She supported Soviet troops during the Siege of Sevastopol, the Kerch-Feodosiya Operation and the amphibious landings at Novorossiysk at the end of January 1943.

The ship was extensively modernized between 1952 and 1955. She was renamed Slava (Russian: Слава, Glory) in 1957 after Vyacheslav Molotov fell out of favour. Slava was reclassified as a training ship in 1961 before being sold for scrap in 1972.

Molotov and her sister Maxim Gorky had heavier armor and were slightly improved from the first two Kirov-class cruisers of Project 26, and were thus designated Project 26bis.

She was 187 meters (614 ft) long at the waterline, 191.4 meters (628 ft) long overall, with a beam of 17.66 meters (57 ft 11 in) and a draft between 5.87 to 6.3 meters (19 ft 3 in to 20 ft 8 in). She displaced 8,177 metric tons (8,048 long tons) at standard load and 9,728 metric tons (9,574 long tons) at full load.

Her steam turbines produced a total of 129,750 shaft horsepower (96,750 kW) during her sea trials, reaching a maximum speed of 36.72 knots (68.01 km/h; 42.26 mph), just shy of her designed speed of 37 knots, mainly because she was overweight by 900 metric tons (890 long tons). Molotov normally carried 650 metric tons (640 long tons) of fuel oil, 1,660 metric tons (1,630 long tons) at full load and 1,750 metric tons (1,720 long tons) at overload. This gave her a range of 4,220 nautical miles (7,820 km; 4,860 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph).

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