RFS Moskva

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Career (RUS)
Slava c.1983
Name:	Slava
Namesake:	Slava or Glory Moscow
Builder:	61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant (SY 445), Mykolaiv
Laid down:	1976
Launched:	1979
Commissioned:	January 30, 1983
Renamed:	Moskva
Status:	In service, Black Sea Fleet
General characteristics
Class and type:	Slava class cruiser
Displacement:	11,490 tons
Length:	186.4 metres (611.5 ft)
Beam:	20.8 metres (68.2 ft)
Draft:	8.4 metres (27.6 ft)
Propulsion:	4 COGOG gas turbines, 2 shafts 121,000 shp
Speed:	32 knots
Range:	10,000 miles @ 16 knots
Complement:	480
Sensors and processing systems:	·Voskhod MR-800 (Top Pair) 3D search radar ·Fregat MR-710 (Top Steer) 3D search radar ·Palm Frond navigation radar ·Pop group SA-N-4 fire control radar ·Top Dome SA-N-6 fire control radar ·Bass Tilt AK-360 CIWS System fire control radar ·Bull horn MF hull mounted sonar
Electronic warfare and decoys:	Rum Tub and Side Globe EW antennas 2x PK-2 DL (140mm chaff / flare)
Armament:	16x P-500 Bazalt (SS-N-12 Sandbox) anti-ship missiles 8x8 (64) S-300PMU Favorit (SA-N-6 Grumble) long-range surface-to-air missiles 2x20 (40) OSA-MA (SA-N-4 Gecko) SR SAM 1x twin AK-130 130mm/L70 dual purpose guns 6xAK-630 close-in weapons systems 2x RBU-6000 anti-submarine mortars 10x(2 quin) 533mm torpedo tubes
Armor:	Splinter plating
Aircraft carried:	1 Ka-25 or Ka-27 Helicopter

RFS Moskva, (ex-Slava), is the lead ship of the Slava class of guided missile cruisers in the Russian Navy.

[edit] History

Slava was laid down in 1976 at 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant (Shipyard 445) in Mykolaiv, was launched in 1979 and commissioned January 30, 1983. Slava returned to Mykolaiv December 1990 for a refit but was not returned to service until April 2000. Recommissioned as Moskva, she replaced the Kynda class cruiser Admiral Golovko as the flagship of the Black Sea fleet.^[1]