Soviet battleship Sovietskaya Ukraina

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Sovietsky Soyuz class battleship layout.
Class Overview
Class type:	Battleship
Class name:	Sovietsky Soyuz
General characteristics (Sovietsky Soyuz as frozen in 1940)
Displacement:	59,150 tonnes standard 65,150 tonnes full load
Length:	269.4 m
Beam:	38.9 m
Draft:	10.4 m
Speed:	28 knots (51.8 km/h) nominal 29 knots (53.8 km/h) top
Complement:	66 officers, 1226 ratings
Range:	5,580 miles (10,000 km) @ 14 knots (25.9 km/h)
Power:	201,000 hp (150 MW) nominal 231,000 hp (172 MW) top 6 triangle type boilers
Drive:	3 screws; 3*67,000 hp Brown Boveri geared turbines
Fuel:	N/A
Armor	Belt: 375-420 mm, Bulkheads: 230-365 mm, Barbettes: 425 mm, Turrets: 495 mm, Decks: 100-150 mm
Armament:	Main guns: 3x3*406 mm/50 Secondary guns: 6x2*152 mm AA guns: 12x100 mm;10x4*37 mm
Aircraft:	4 Beriev KOR-1 seaplanes; 1 catapult
Other equipment:	N/A

The Sovietskaya Ukraina (Russian: Советская Украина, English: Soviet Ukraine) was laid down in 1938 in Mykolaiv (Nikolaev) at the Black Sea. When German troops captured Nikolaev on August 18, 1941, the ship was completed up to the main deck. It was only slightly damaged by the retreating Soviet troops. As all of the ships plans were missing, it was not planned to continue the construction of the ship, instead some of the armor and secondary artillery was used for the fortification of Sevastopol. In 1943, the construction was continued with a low priority and when the Germans were forced out of Nikolaev in March of 1944, they destroyed the incomplete ship with explosives.

[edit] See also

• Chervona Ukraina battleship
• Soviet Navy