Kresta I-class cruiser

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Vitse-Admiral Drozd in 1986
Class overview
NameKresta I class
Builders Zhdanov Shipyard, Leningrad
Operators
Preceded by Kynda class
Succeeded by Kresta II class
Built1964–1967
In commission1967–1994
Planned35
Completed4
Cancelled31
Retired4
General characteristics
Type Cruiser
Displacement
  • 6,000 tons standard
  • 7,500 tons full load
Length159 m (521 ft 8 in)
Beam17 m (55 ft 9 in)
Draught6 m (19 ft 8 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 steam turbines
  • 68,000–75,000 kW (91,000–100,000 shp)
Speed34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range10,500 nautical miles (19,400 km; 12,100 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement343-360
Sensors &
processing systems
  • Radar:
  • MR-500 Kliver air search
  • MR-302 Rubka
  • MR-310 Angara
  • Don navigation
  • Sonar:
  • MG-312
  • MG-26
  • Fire control:
  • Yatagan (SA-N-1)
  • MR-103 (AK-725)
  • Binom P35 Progress
  • Others:
  • Khrom-2M IFF
Armament
  • 2 × twin SS-N-3 'Shaddock' anti-ship missiles
  • 2 × twin SA-N-1 'Goa' surface-to-air missile launchers (44 missiles)
  • 2 × twin 57 mm (2.2 in)/70 AK-725 anti-aircraft guns
  • 2 × quintuple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried1 × Ka-25 series helicopter
Aviation facilitiesHelipad and hangar

The Kresta I class, Soviet designation Project 1134 Berkut (golden eagle), was a class of guided missile cruiser built in the Soviet Union for the Soviet Navy. The ships were designed for a surface warfare role, but Soviet priorities were changed to an anti-submarine role and only four ships were built in the original anti-ship configuration. They were followed by the Kresta II class, an anti-submarine warfare variant.

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Design

Though considerably larger, more effective and reliable than the previous Soviet cruiser class, the Kynda class, the Kresta I surface warfare cruisers carried only half as many Shaddock launch tubes and one-fourth the total number of missiles. Initially it was planned to fit the SS-N-12 Sandbox (P-500 Bazalt) missile but the protracted development of this missile led to the older SS-N-3 being shipped. The self-defence armament was considerably increased as were command and communications facilities.

The Kresta Is could launch four SS-N-3b SLCMs and 44 SA-N-1 surface-to-air missiles with two twin launchers fore and aft, and had ten 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes. A single Ka-25 Hormone B helicopter was carried for targeting the cruise missile, and mid-course corrections.

Ships

The initial plan was for a single squadron of seven ships armed with long range missiles and two squadrons of fourteen ships armed with shorter range missiles. Only four ships were built before production switched to the anti-submarine variant the Kresta II class.

All the ships were built by the Zhdanov Shipyard in Leningrad.

NameRussianLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissioned
Admiral Zozulya Адмирал Зозуля26 July 196417 October 19658 October 196715 December 1994
Vladivostok Владивосток24 December 19641 August 19661 August 19691 January 1991
Vitse-Admiral Drozd Вице-Адмирал Дрозд26 October 196518 November 196627 December 19681 July 1990
Sevastopol Севастополь8 June 196628 April 196725 September 196915 December 1989

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