Slava-class cruiser

Marshal Ustinov underway
Class overview
Name	Slava class
Builders	61 Communards Shipyard, Mykolaiv
Operators	Soviet Navy  Russian Navy
Preceded by	Kara class
Succeeded by	Lider class
Built	1976–1990
In service	1982–present
Planned	10[1]
Completed	3
Cancelled	6
Active	3
Laid up	1 (construction incomplete)
General characteristics
Type	Guided missile cruiser
Displacement	9,800-10,000 tons standard 11,200-12,500 tons full load
Length	186.4 m (611 ft 7 in)
Beam	20.8 m (68 ft 3 in)
Draught	8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	COGOG: GTU M21 2 × M70 cruise gas turbines and 4 × M90 boost gas turbines, 2 cruise steam turbines, 2 exhaust gas boilers, 4 × M8KF Gas turbines, 2 Shafts, 130,000 shp (97,000 kW)
Speed	32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph) (36.8mph)
Range	3,000 nmi (3,450 mi) (5,560 km) at 18kn (20.7mph)
Complement	485 (66 Off, 419 WO/Enl),[1] alternate information 476-529 (84 Off, 75 WO, 370 Enl)[2]
Sensors and processing systems	Radar: MR-800 Voshkod/Top Pair 3-D long range air search, MR-700 Fregat/Top Steer (first two) or MR-710 Fregat-MA/Top Plate (second two) 3-D air search Sonar: MG-332 Tigan-2T/Bull Nose hull mounted LF, Platina/Horse Tail MF VDS Fire Control: 3R41 Volna/Top Dome SA-N-6 SAM control, MPZ-301 Baza/Pop Group SA-N-4 SAM control, Argument/Front Door-C SSM control
Electronic warfare & decoys	Kol'cho suite with Gurzhor-A&B/Side Globe intercept, MR-404/Rum Tub jammers, Bell Crown intercept, Bell Push intercept, 2 PK-2 decoy RL, 12 PK-10 decoy RL (in last two units only)
Armament	Missiles: 16 (8 × 2) P-1000 Vulcan (SS-N-12 Sandbox) anti-ship missiles 64 (8 × 8) S-300F Fort (SA-N-6 Grumble) long-range surface-to-air missiles 40 (2 × 20) OSA-M (SA-N-4 Gecko) SR SAM Guns: 1 twin AK-130 130mm/L70 dual purpose guns 6 × 1 AK-630 close-in weapons systems Torpedoes and others: 2 × 12 RBU-6000 anti-submarine mortars 10 (2 × 5) 533mm torpedo tubes
Armor	Splinter plating
Aircraft carried	1 Kamov Ka-25 or Kamov Ka-27 Helicopter

The Slava class, Soviet designation Project 1164 Atlant (Russian for Atlas), is a class of guided missile cruisers designed and constructed in the Soviet Union for the Soviet Navy, and currently operated by the Russian Navy.

Design[]

1) AK-130, 2) P-500 Bazalt, 3) RBU-6000, 4) AK-630, 5) S-300, 6) OSA-MA

Placement of P-500 Bazalt (SS-N-12 Sandbox) launchers on the Slava class.

Close up view of SA-N-6 launchers with 3R41 Volna "Top Dome" fire control radar on Marshal Ustinov.

The design started in the late 1960s, based around use of the P-500 Bazalt missile, and was intended as a less expensive conventionally powered alternative to the nuclear-powered Kirov-class battlecruisers. All are now armed with P-1000 Vulkan AShM missiles, developed in the late 1970s to late 1980s. There was a long delay in this programme, while the problems with the Bazalt were resolved. These ships acted as flagships for numerous task forces. All ships were built at the 61 Kommunar yard, in Mykolaiv (Nikolaev), Ukrainian SSR. The class was a follow up to the Kara-class cruiser which the Soviet Navy typed as a Large Anti-submarine Ship (Russ. BPK), constructed at the same shipyard and appears to be built on a stretched version of the Kara-class hull.^[3]

The Slava class was initially designated BLACKCOM 1 (Black Sea Combatant 1) and then designated the Krasina class for a short period until Slava was observed at sea. The SS-N-12 launchers are fixed facing forward at around 8° elevation with no reloads available. As there was nothing revolutionary about the design of the class western observers felt they were created as a hedge against the failure of the more radical Kirov class.^[4] The helicopter hangar deck is located 1/2 deck below the landing pad with a ramp connecting the two.^[5]

Originally 10 ships were planned, but with the collapse of the Soviet Union only three were completed. A fourth vessel was launched, but final construction remains incomplete and the ship has not been commissioned into service.

Stern view of Marshal Ustinov in 2018, after modernization

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Video footage of Moskva during Russian military operations in Syria

Following the collapse and the re-emergence of the nation of Russia, the three finished ships serve in the Russian Navy and the uncompleted fourth vessel, renamed Ukrayina, is owned by Ukraine. Efforts have been made to complete and update the unfinished ship; in 2010, Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych stated that Russia and Ukraine would work together on the project. Russia has also expressed interest in purchasing the vessel, which Ukraine had previously offered for sale. However, as of early 2011 no final agreement has been concluded between the two countries, on this matter.^[6] The Russian navy has plans for extensive upgrades of all their Slava-class vessels during the 2010s; completing work on Ukrayina may serve as a test-bed for this. As of mid-2016 the fourth hull remains afloat in the shipyard uncompleted.

Ships[]

Name	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Status	Picture	Notes
Moskva (ex-Slava)	1976	1979	1982	In service with the Black Sea Fleet		Overhauled from 1991 to 1998.[1] Was involved in the 2008 South Ossetia war. 3 December 2009 was laid up at floating dock PD-30 for scheduled interim overhaul. Back in service in 2010 with exercises scheduled in the Indian Ocean.[7] Involved in Russia's Vostok 2010 military drills in the Sea of Okhotsk in July 2010.[8] Sent to Syria in 2013.[9][10]
Marshal Ustinov (ex-Admiral Flota Lobov)	1978	1982	1986	In service with the Northern Fleet		Overhaul completed in October 2016.[11][12][13]
Varyag (ex-Chervona Ukrayina)	1979	1983	1989	In service with the Pacific Fleet		Listed as under reduced manning since 2002. Operating with a caretaker crew at reduced readiness since arrival with Russian Pacific Fleet in 1990. Re-entered service in the Pacific Fleet in early 2008 after an overhaul.[3]
Ukrayina (ex-Komsomolets, ex-Admiral Flota Lobov)	1983	1990		Unfinished		Moored unfinished in Mykolaiv, Ukraine. To be disposed of.[citation needed]
Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya[1]	1988			Cancelled and disassembled on the way in 1990
Admiral Flota Sovetskovo Soyuza Gorshkov[1]	Planned for 1990			Cancelled
Varyag[1]				Cancelled
Sevastopol[1]				Cancelled

In popular culture[]

In the video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, a special ops mission is set on the fictional Slava class cruiser Kuvalda.

See also[]

• Kirov-class battlecruiser
• Ticonderoga-class cruiser, United States
• Type 055 destroyer, China PLA Navy
• Project 18-class, India

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Slava class cruisers.

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Diagram of Moskva

• "Slava class data". Warships on the Web. Archived from the original on 20 February 2007. Retrieved 27 February 2007.
• "Krasina/Slava class". Federation of American Scientists. Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 27 February 2007.
• "Moskva—Project no: 1164 Atlant". Airwing Kuznetsov. Archived from the original on 3 July 2007. Retrieved 27 February 2007.
• "75 Photos Guided Missile Cruiser "Moskva"". Cruiser Moskva. Archived from the original on 22 October 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2007.
• "Series 1164 Slava". Encyclopedia of Ships (in Russian). Retrieved 27 February 2007.