soviet cruiser russian project class cruiser built world war built siberia components shipped european russia saw action war served cold war renamed distinguish brother post war career generally uneventful superstructure badly damaged force typhoon renamed russian sources disagree fate converted floating barracks later sold scrap says simply sold scrap description long waterline long overall beam draft displaced tonnes long tons standard load tonnes long tons load geared steam turbines produced total shaft horsepower trials fell somewhat short designed speed knots reaching knots mph trials tonnes long tons overweight normally carried tonnes long tons fuel oil tonnes long tons load tonnes long tons gave endurance nautical miles knots mph fuel carried caliber guns electrically powered triple turrets turrets small designed fit limited hull space available cramped rate fire lower designed rounds minute instead guns mounted single cradle minimize space close shot high muzzle blast adjacent barrels affected gun unlike half sisters built european russia secondary armament initially consisted single dual purpose anti aircraft guns initial light armament unknown sister ship initially consisted semi automatic guns rounds gun fully automatic guns thousand rounds gun machine guns rounds gun 1950s light anti aircraft armament replaced powered mounts millimeter torpedo tubes fitted triple received system soviets called experimental soviet system radar suite unknown likely equipped mix soviet british american radars point 1950s radars replaced modern soviet built radars air search surface search main armament gunnery anti aircraft gunnery service project cruisers pair class cruisers larger powerful anti aircraft armament half sisters assembled shipyard components built shipyard south laid august launched drydock officially accepted december towed incomplete date official report work completed signed january construction prolonged late deliveries western factories example propellers shipped surrounded germans september propeller shafts removed factory destroyed germans problem collapse supporting roof ship early december renamed brother remained inactive soviet invasion spent post war period routine training missions renamed august government unsuccessful coup year superstructure badly damaged force typhoon september sources disagree fate says converted floating barracks february later sold scrap says simply sold scrap february
Soviet cruiser Kaganovich