Project 1134B Berkut B - Беркут Б (Golden Eagle) - Kara Class Cruiser

Project 1134B Berkut B
Беркут Б (Golden Eagle)
Kara Class Cruiser

Kerch

Nikolayev - Николаев
Ochakov - Очаков    
Kerch - Керчь    
Azov - Азов    
Petropavlovsk - Петропавловск    
Tashkent - Ташкент    Pacific
Vladivostok - Владивосток

Name:    Kara class
Builders:    61 Kommunara Zavod Black Sea Shipyard
Operators:    

     Soviet Navy
     Russian Navy

Preceded by:    Kresta II class
Succeeded by:    Udaloy class / Slava class
Completed:    7
Laid up:    Kerch
Lost:    1
Retired:    5
General characteristics
Type:    Guided missile cruiser
Displacement:    

    8,200 tons standard
    9,700 tons full load[1]

Length:    173.2 m (568 ft 3 in)
Beam:    18.6 m (61 ft 0 in)
Draught:    6.7 m (22 ft 0 in)
Propulsion:    2 shaft COGAG, 4 gas turbines, 120,000 hp (89,000 kW)
Speed:    34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range:    9,000 miles
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 76 mm (3 in) AK-726 dual purpose guns
    4 30 mm (1 in) AK-630 CIWS
    2 × 5 533 mm (21 in) PTA-53-1134B torpedo tubes
    2 RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
    2 RBU-1000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
    24 SA-N-6 Grumble surface-to-air missiles [on Azov]

Aircraft carried:    1 Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-A' or Kamov Ka-27 'Helix'

KERCH


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