They also had twelve 100 mm (3.9 in)/56 cal Model 1934 guns in six twin SM-5-1 mounts. The Sverdlovs had 6 boilers providing steam to two shaft geared steam turbines generating 118,100 shaft horsepower (88,100 kW). Cuba and Indonesia. The first three ships of the class were named after cancelled ships of the Chapayev class. Plans were developed and drawings were created to upgrade the ships to support a cruise missile capability; however, these plans were dropped and new construction was cancelled in 1959; incomplete ships were all scrapped by 1961.[3]. For fire control purposes the ships were equipped with two 'Sun Visor' radars, two 'Top Bow' 152 mm gun radars and eight 'Egg Cup' gun radars. It is a museum ship in Novorossiysk. As the entire missile installation was above the armored deck and the missile itself, based on the S-75 Dvina (SA-2 "Guideline"), was liquid-fueled (acid/kerosene), it would have represented a serious hazard to the ship in action. This class of cruiser satisfied the desire of Stalin, and of the leadership within the Soviet Navy, for a ship that was in keeping with a Naval doctrine focused on three priorities: supporting the defense of the Soviet coastline, operating out of naval bases worldwide, and protecting Arctic, Baltic, Mediterranean and Black Sea interests. She was laid down at the Black Sea Shipyard in Nikolayev on 23 February 1951 and commissioned on 30 December 1954. Warship Design since 1945. The remaining ships in the Soviet Fleet remained in service through the 1970s, when they underwent a limited modernization program before finally leaving service in the late 1980s. [1], Coordinates: 44°43′16″N 37°46′55″E / 44.72111°N 37.78194°E / 44.72111; 37.78194, Surviving ships launched from 1919 to 1970, Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Soviet_cruiser_Mikhail_Kutuzov&oldid=968380980, Articles containing Russian-language text, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, 2 shaft geared steam turbines, 6 boilers, 110,000, 12 × 10 cm (3.9 in)/56 cal Model 1934 guns in 6 twin SM-5-1 mounts, 10 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes in 2 quintuple PTA-53-68-bis mounts, Turrets: 175 mm (6.9 in) front, 65 mm (2.6 in) sides, 60 mm (2.4 in) rear, 75 mm (3.0 in) roof, This page was last edited on 19 July 2020, at 01:28. [3], The Sverdlovs had 100 mm (3.9 in) belt armor and had a 50 mm (2.0 in) armored deck. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. One of the ships of Project 68bis (the Sverdlov class), Mikhail Kutuzov is one of the better premium cruisers released into the game. 'Sverdlov Cruisers and the RN Response'. But they were considered obsolete, for the missile age in which defensive and anti submarine resources were the priority, by Soviet Premier Khrushchev and the Soviet Defence staff, which only grudgingly conceded some cruisers for limited roles as flagships in strategic and tactical naval operations. When the building program was cut back and the battlecruisers and carriers were cancelled, the Sverdlovs were left dangerously unprotected when operating in areas outside the cover of land-based aircraft. They were modified to improve their sea keeping capabilities, allowing them to run at high speed in the rough waters of the North Atlantic. In 1954 Sverdlov class construction was cancelled by Khrushchev after 14 hulls had been completed. One of the most advanced light artillery cruisers in the U.S.S.R. Navy. Reductions in cruiser force levels was contrary to the views of Soviet Navy leadership, who insisted cruisers still provided a valuable capability to act as command ships for naval gunfire support of amphibious operations. Media in category "Mikhail Kutuzov (ship, 1952)" The following 42 files are in this category, out of 42 total.
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