Kresta II class cruiser

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Kresta II class cruiser Admiral Yumashev.

The Kresta II Class, Soviet Designation Project 1134A, Berkut A (Golden Eagle) were Soviet guided missile cruisers of the Cold War.

These ships were an Anti-Submarine derivative of the Kresta I class cruiser. These ships had a new anti-submarine missile, new SAM's and advanced sonar. All ships were built by Zhdanov yard, Leningrad.

[edit] General Characteristics

Displacement: 5600 tons standard, 7535 tons full load
Length: 148 m
Beam: 16.8 m
Draught: 5.35 m
Machinery: 2 shaft, steam turbine, 4 boilers, 91,000 hp
Speed: 32 knots
Range: 5200 nm at 18 knots
Armament:
- 2 × 4 SSN-14 Anti-Submarine missiles,
- 2 × 2 SA-N-3 SAM (48 missiles),
- 2 × RBU 6000 Anti-submarine rockets,
- 4 57 mm guns (2 × 2), 4 × 30 mm Gatling guns,
- 10 533 mm Torpedo tubes (2 × 5),
- 1 Ka-25 Helicopter.
Complement 433

[edit] Ships

Ship	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Decommisioned
Krondstadt Кронштадт	1966	1968	1969	1991
Admiral Isakov Адмирал Исаков	1968	1969	1970	1993
Admiral Nakhimov Адмирал Нахимов	1968	1969	1970	1991
Admiral Makarov Адмирал Макаров	1969	1970	1972	1992
Marshall Voroshilov Маршал Ворошилов (renamed Khabarovsk)	1970	1971	1973	1991
Admiral Oktyabrsky Адмирал Октябьский	1970	1971	1973	1993
Admiral Isachenkov Адмирал Исаченков	1970	1972	1974	1992
Marshal Timoshenko Маршал Тимошенко	1972	1973	1975	1992
Vasily Chapaev Василий Чапаев	1973	1974	1976	1993
Admiral Yumashev Адмирал Юмашев	1974	1976	1977	1993