Kara class cruiser

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Soviet Union
Kerch
Builders:	61 Kommunara Zavod
Operators:	Soviet Navy Russian Navy
Preceding class:	Kresta
Following class:	Udaloy / Kirov
In service:	1971
Ships in Class
Ships in class:	7
Ships in active service:	Kerch
Ships in storage:	Petropavlovsk Vladivostok Ochakov
Ships out of service:	Azov
Scrapped ships:	Nikolayev Tashkent
General Characteristics
Displacement:	9,900 tons
Length:	173.2 m
Beam:	18.6 m
Draught:	6.7 m
Propulsion and power:	120,000 hp
Speed:	32 knots
Range:	9,000 miles
Complement:	380
Armament:	8 anti-submarine missiles 8 surface-to-air missile launchers 4 dual purpose guns 4 close-in weapons systems 2 anti-submarine rocket launchers
Aircraft complement:	1 helicopter

The Kara is a class of Cold War era Soviet guided missile cruisers. The Soviet designation is Project 1134B Berkut B - Беркут Б (Golden Eagle).

These ships were enlarged versions of the Kresta class, with gas turbine engines and improved command and control facilities. These ships were built by the 61 Kommunar Sipyard at Mykolaiv (Nikolayev) on the Black Sea.

[edit] General characteristics

Displacement: 8,200-8,565 tons standard, 8,825-9,700 tons full load
Length: 173 m
Beam: 18.5 m
Draught: 5.3 m
Machinery: 2 shaft COGAG, 4 gas turbines, 120,000 hp (88 MW)
Speed: 32 knots
Range: 6500 nm at 18 knots
Armament:
2×4 SS-N-14 anti-submarine missiles
4 (2×2) SA-N-3 SAM
4 (2×2) SA-N-4 SAM
4 (2×2) 76 mm guns
4×30 mm gatling guns
2×RBU-6000 anti-submarine rockets
1 Kamov Ka-25 Helicopter
Complement: 380

[edit] Ships

Nikolayev - Николаев-(1971) - scrapped in 1994
Ochakov -Очаков -(1973) - Nominally active
Kerch- Керчь - (1974) - Active, Black Sea Fleet
Azov - Азов - (1975) - this ship served as a trials ship for the SA-N-6 missile system, decommissioned 28 December 1998, scrapped at Inkerman (Sevastopol) in 1999-2000
Petropavlovsk - Петропавловск - (1976), sold for scrap in 1996
Tashkent - Ташкент -(1977), sold for scrap in 1994
Vladivostok - Владивосток - (ex Tallinn) (1979), sold for scrap in 1994