Kresta I class cruiser

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Kresta cruiser

Kresta I class cruiser is a Soviet cruiser class, the Soviet designation was Project 1134 Berkut (Golden Eagle)

These ships were designed for a surface warfare role. Soviet priorities were changed to an anti-submarine role and only 4 ships were built with this configuration. These ships were followed by the Kresta II class cruiser, an anti-submarine derivative.

[edit] General Characteristics

Displacement: - 6000t standard - 7500 tons full load
Length:- 155 m
Beam:- 17 m
Draught: - 5.5 m
Machinery - 2 shaft steam turbines, 4 boilers 100,000 hp
Speed - 32 kt
Range - 10,500 nm at 14 kt
Armament
- 4 SS-N-3 SSM missiles, 2 × 2,
- 2 × 2 SA-N-1 SAM
- 2 × 2 57 mm guns
- 2 × RBU-6000 and 2 × RBU-1000 anti-submarine rockets
- 2 × 5 553 mm Torpedo Tubes
- 1 Helicopter (Kamov Ka-25)

Complement - 380

[edit] Ships

All were built by the Zhdanov yard, Leningrad

Ship	Laid Down	Launched	Commissioned	Scrapped
Admiral Zozulya Адмирал Зозуля	1965	1967	1969	1995
Vize-Admiral Drozd Вице-Адмирал Дрозд	1965	1968	1969	Sank 1992 on way to breakers
Vladivostok Владивосток	1964	1967	1969	1995
Sevastopol Севастополь	1966	1967	1969	1991