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Kara-class cruiser

CruiserSoviet UnionRetired
Kara-class cruiser
Photo: unknown; National Archive # NN33300514 2005-06-30 · Public domain · background removed

Key specs

Type
Cruiser
Shipyards
61 Communards Shipyard, Nikolayev
Construction began
1968
First commissioned
1971
Last retired
2020
Status
Retired
Ships completed
7
Crew
380

Cruiser

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Performance

Dimensions and weights
Displacement
9,855 t
Length
173.20 m
Beam
18.60 m
Draught
6.70 m
Performance
Maximum speed
34 kn (63 km/h)
Range
9,000 nmi (16,668 km)
Power
89,484 kW
Armament
Armament
2 × Metel Anti-Ship Complex2 × M-11 Shtorm2 × 76 mm AK-7264 × 30 mm AK-6302 × 533 mm2 × RBU-60002 × RBU-100024 × S-300F
Aircraft carried
Ka-25PL

Operators

Soviet UnionRussia

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Kara-class cruiser, Wikipedia

Figures from the ship infobox of the English Wikipedia article, for the class as a whole. Armament lists what the ships carried or carry.