Kiev-class
With our thanks to David Chessum
In Russian navy called a heavy aircraft cruiser, part of the Kiev-class, preceded by Moskva-class and succeeded by Kuznetsov-class. Laid down by Chernomorskiy yard, Mykolaiv, Ukraine on 21 July 1970. launched on 26 December 1972, commissioned on 28 December 1975, decommissioned on 30 June 1993, sold to Binhai Aircraft Park, Tianjin, China in 1996 and in August 2011 was she after a renovation converted into a luxury hotel.
Displacement 30.530 (standard)-41.370 (loaded) tons and as dimensions 249.5 (waterline)-273.1 (over all) x 31 (waterline)-49.2 (over all) x 8.94 metres or 818.6-896 x 102-161 x 29.3 feet. Flight deck is 189 x 20.7 metres or 620 x 68 feet. Crew numbered 1.612 men excluded 430 aircrew. The 4 shaft geared turbines and 8 boilers supplied 140.000 shp allowing a speed of 32 knots and with 18 knots a range of 13.500 nautical miles. She could carry 12 YAK-38 M fighting craft and 20 Kamov Ka-25 or Kamov Ka-27 helicopters. The armament consisted of 4x2 SS-N-12 Sandbox SSM launchers (8 missiles carried), 2x2 SA-N-3 Shtorm SAM launchers (72 missiles carried), 2x2 SA-N-4 Gecko SAM launchers (40 missiles carried), 2x2-7,6 cm guns, 8 AK-630 30 mm CIWS, 10-53,3cm/21” torpedo tubes, 1x2 SUW-N-1 ASW rocket launcher (16 nuclear-tipped rockets) and 2 RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers.
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