Soviet cruiser Nikolayev

Nikolayev was the lead ship of the Kara-class cruisers of the Soviet Navy. She was launched in December 1969 and completed in December 1971 at the 61 Communards Shipyard.[2] After the fall of the USSR, she was transferred to the Ukrainian Navy. In 1994 she was scrapped in India.[1]

Nikolayev in 1986
History
Soviet Union
Name:	Nikolayev
Builder:	61 Communards Shipyard
Laid down:	25 June 1968
Launched:	19 December 1969
Commissioned:	31 December 1971
Decommissioned:	3 July 1992
Fate:	Scrapped, 1994
General characteristics
Class and type:	Kara-class cruiser
Displacement:	8,200 tons standard 9,700 tons full load[1]
Length:	173.2 m (568 ft)
Beam:	18.6 m (61 ft)
Draught:	6.7 m (22 ft)
Propulsion:	2 shaft COGAG, 4 gas turbines, 120,000 hp (89 MW)
Speed:	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range:	9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi)
Complement:	380
Armament:	2 quad SS-N-14 Silex anti-submarine missiles 2 twin SA-N-3 Goblet surface-to-air missile launchers (80 missiles) SA-N-4 Gecko surface-to-air missile launchers (40 missiles) 2 twin 76mm AK-726 dual purpose guns 4 30mm AK-630 CIWS 2 × 5 533 mm PTA-53-1134B torpedo tubes 2 RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers 2 RBU-1000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
Aircraft carried:	1 Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-A' or Kamov Ka-27 'Helix'

References

1. Chant, Chris (2004). Warships Today. Summertime Publishing Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 0-7607-6700-9.
2. Gardiner, Robert (1983). Conway's All the world's fighting ships, 1947-1982. Conway Maritime Press. p. 484. ISBN 0851772781.