Soviet cruiser Varyag (1963)
Varyag on 9 September 1989. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Soviet Union | |
| Name | Varyag |
| Namesake | Varangians |
| Builder | A.A. Zhdanov, Leningrad |
| Yard number | 783 |
| Laid down | 13 October 1961 |
| Launched | 7 April 1963 |
| Commissioned | 20 August 1965 |
| Decommissioned | 19 April 1990 |
| Stricken | April 1990 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Groznyy class cruiser |
| Displacement | 4,350 tonnes (4,280 long tons; 4,800 short tons) standard, 5,400 tonnes (5,300 long tons; 6,000 short tons) full load |
| Length | 142.7 m (468 ft) |
| Beam | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Draft | 5.01 m (16.4 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2 shaft; 4 x KVN-95/64 boilers, 2 x TV-12 GTZA steam turbines, 45,000 shp (34,000 kW) |
| Speed | 34.5 knots (64 km/h) |
| Range | 4,500 nmi (8,334 km) at 14.3 knots (26 km/h) |
| Complement | 25 officers, 304 men |
| Sensors & processing systems | 2 x MR-300 Angara air/surface search radars, 1 x Bizan, 1 x MRP-11-12, 2 x MRP-13-14 and 2 x MRP-15-16 Zaliv reconnaissance radars, 1 x Don navigation radar, 2 x Nickel-KM and 2 x Khrom-KM IFF, 1 x Vizir-1 and 1 x GS-572 Gerkules-2M sonar |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | 2 x Krab-11, 2 x Krab-12 ESM radar system |
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| Aircraft carried | Helipad for 1 Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-A' |
Varyag (Russian: Варяг) was the fourth and final ship of the Soviet Navy Project 58 Groznyy-class Guided Missile Cruisers (Ракетные крейсера проекта, RKR), also known as the Kynda Class.