Kresta II class cruiser

Kresta II class cruiser Admiral Yumashev.
Class overview
Operators:	Soviet Navy  Russian Navy
Preceded by:	Kresta I
Succeeded by:	Kara
In commission:	1968 - 1993
Completed:	10
Retired:	10
General characteristics
Displacement:	5,600 tons standard, 7,535 tons full load
Length:	159.0m
Beam:	17.0m
Draught:	6.0m
Propulsion:	2 shaft steam turbines , 4 boilers 91,000-100,000 shp
Speed:	34 knots
Range:	10,500 nm at 14 kt, 5200 nm at 18 knots, 1830 tons fuel oil
Complement:	380
Sensors and processing systems:	Radar; Don Kay, Don-2, Top Sail, Head Net 2x Head Lights 2x Muff Comb, 2 x Bass Tilt, Sonar; Bull Nose
Armament:	2 quad SS-N-14 Silex anti-submarine missiles 2 twin SA-N-3 Goblet surface to air missile launchers (72 missiles) 2 twin 57-mm/70-cal AK-725 anti-aircraft guns 4 30mm AK-630 CIWS 2 quintuple 533mm torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried:	1 Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-A'
Aviation facilities:	Helicopter deck and hangar

The Kresta II Class, Soviet Designation Project 1134A, Berkut A (Golden Eagle) were Soviet guided missile cruisers of the Cold War. The ships entered service in the late 1960's and were rapidly decommissioned after the end of the Cold War

These ships were an Anti-Submarine derivative of the Kresta I class cruiser. These ships had a new anti-submarine missile (SS-N-14), new Surface to Air Missiles (SA-N-3) and advanced sonar. All ships were built by Zhdanov yard, Leningrad.

Design

Conway's states that the first three ships were to have been armed with the SS-N-9 anti ship missile but Soviet naval doctrine changed with greater emphasis on anti-submarine warfare. The surface to air missiles comprised more advanced SA-N-3 missiles with two twin launchers. New 3D search radar and new fire control radras were also fitted. 4 30mm CIWS guns were also fitted for improved anti-missile defence. A more advanced sonar led to the bow being more sharply raked. The machinery suite comprised two TV-12 steam turbines with high pressure boilers, identical to the Kresta I class.

Electronics Fit:

• Radar:

MR600 air search

MR-310 Angara

Don navigation

Volga navigation

• Sonar:

MG-322 hull mounted

MG-26 communications

MG-35 Shtil

• Other systems:

Grom SA-N-1 fire control

MR103 AK725 fire control

Drakon RP33 fire control

Ships

References

Gardiner, Robert (ed.). Conway's all the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. London: Conway Maritime. ISBN 0851776051. OCLC 34284130.  Also published as Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław. Conway's all the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1557501327. OCLC 34267261. 

• Kresta Class - Project 1134 at Federation of American Scientists website
• article in Russian

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