Soviet cruiser Voroshilov

Voroshilov
History
Soviet Union
Name:	Voroshilov
Namesake:	Kliment Voroshilov
Builder:	Marti South, Nikolayev
Yard number:	297
Laid down:	15 October 1935
Launched:	28 June 1937
Commissioned:	20 June 1940
Out of service:	6 October 1972
Renamed:	31 December 1961 as OS-24
Reclassified:	31 December 1961 as an experimental ship
Refit:	April 1954 – 31 December 1961
Honors and awards:	Order of the Red Banner, 8 July 1945
Fate:	sold for scrap 2 March 1973
General characteristics (Project 26)
Class and type:	Kirov-class cruiser
Displacement:	7,890 t (7,770 long tons) (standard) 9,436 t (9,287 long tons) (full load)
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:	122,500 shp (91,300 kW)
Propulsion:	2 shafts, Ansaldo geared turbines 6 Yarrow-Normand oil-fired boilers
Speed:	36.72 knots (68.01 km/h; 42.26 mph) (on trials)
Endurance:	2,140 nmi (3,960 km; 2,460 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement:	872
Sensors and processing systems:	Arktur hydrophone
Armament:	3 × 3 - 180 mm (7.1 in) B-1-P guns 6 × 1 - 100 mm (3.9 in) B-34 dual-purpose guns 6 × 1 - 45 mm (1.8 in) 21-K AA gun 4 × 1 - 12.7 mm (0.50 in) AA machine guns 2 × 3 - 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes 96–164 mines 50 depth charges
Armor:	Waterline belt: 50 mm (2.0 in) Deck: 50 mm (2.0 in) each Turrets: 50 mm (2.0 in) Barbettes: 50 mm (2.0 in) Conning tower: 150 mm (5.9 in)
Aircraft carried:	2 × KOR-1 seaplanes
Aviation facilities:	1 Heinkel K-12 catapult

Voroshilov (Russian: Ворошилов) was a Project 26 Kirov-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy that served during World War II and into the Cold War. She bombarded German troops during the Siege of Odessa before being badly damaged in November 1941 by German bombers. Upon her return from repairs in March 1942 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. Her active participation in the war ended in October 1943 when three destroyers were lost to air attack and Joseph Stalin forbid missions using large ships without his permission. Postwar she was converted to a missile test ship before being sold for scrap in 1973.

Voroshilov was 191.3 meters (627 ft 7 in) long, had a beam of 17.66 meters (57 ft 11 in) and had a draft of 6.15 meters (20 ft 2 in). She displaced 7,890 metric tons (7,765 long tons) at standard load and 9,436 metric tons (9,287 long tons) at full load. Her two steam turbines proved to be more powerful than anticipated, producing a total of 122,500 shaft horsepower (91,300 kW). This was almost enough to achieve the ship's designed speed of 37 knots during her sea trials, reaching 36.72 knots (68.01 km/h; 42.26 mph) despite being over 650 metric tons (640 long tons) overweight.

Voroshilov 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. The ship's 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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